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Robert le diable
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Robert le diable (Robert the Devil) is an opera in five acts composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer between 1827 and 1831. One of the first grand operas, it caused a sensation when it debuted at the Paris…

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Giacomo Meyerbeer

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1831

Subjects:

Music, Print, Antisemitism, Love, Women

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Opera, Performing Arts
Title page of score featuring a man pointing downward at a woman who is on the ground gripping a cross.
La Reine de Chypre
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La reine de Chypre (The Queen of Cyprus) is a grand opera in five acts, first performed in Paris in 1841. It is regarded as one of the greatest works of the composer Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie…

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Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1841

Subjects:

Print, Christian-Jewish relations, Love, Women, Politics

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Print & Book Culture
Printed page with French text in center surrounded by seated figures on pedestals, cherubs, and ribboned decorations.
La juive
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The plot of La Juive (The Jewish Woman), an opera in five acts, centered around a romance between a Jewish woman and a Christian man. It was one of the most popular operas of the nineteenth century.

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Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy

Places:

Paris, France

Date:

1835

Subjects:

Music, Print, Antisemitism, Love, Women

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Opera, Performing Arts
Woman leaning against table in room with an instrument in the background and incense burning in foreground.