Le loup-garou
French opera premiered in 1827 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Le loup-garou (The Werewolf) is a 19th Century opéra comique in one act in French with music by Louise Bertin and a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jacques Féréol Mazas.[1] The work is a comedy inspired by the fairy tale of "Beauty and the Beast."[2] It was first performed on March 10, 1827 by the Opéra-Comique in Paris.[3]
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Opera by Louise Bertin | |
Translation | The Werewolf |
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Language | French |
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The opera was the second of Bertin's four operas and the first to be performed publicly.[4][5] Scribe was a prolific writer, working on over one-hundred operas, most notably collaborating with Daniel Auber on thirty-nine operas. Mazas was a violinist and composer who later ran two theatre companies.