Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . di, until he died inParis in 1868. Meyerbeer, whose principal operas are Les Huguenots. •• Le Prophete,and LAfricaine (the latter produced in Paris in 1865. the year alter itscomposers death), was regarded as a remarkable composer, whose knowledgeof effect was unsurpassed, and whose fine intellig
Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . di, until he died inParis in 1868. Meyerbeer, whose principal operas are Les Huguenots. •• Le Prophete,and LAfricaine (the latter produced in Paris in 1865. the year alter itscomposers death), was regarded as a remarkable composer, whose knowledgeof effect was unsurpassed, and whose fine intelligence and musical knowledgealmost made the world forgive him for frequent lack of inspiration. Halevy, whose only lasting success was La Juive, composed otheroperas, such as Charles VI., La Peine deChypre, LEclair, and LesMousquetaires de la Peine, that achieved a certain amount of success inFrance, which success was interrupted by Halevys death at Nice in L862. Gounod, in 1859, made his most remarkable success with his greateslopera, Faust, which, after the subject had been treated by Spohr, Lind-painter, Schumann, Berlioz, and other distinguished composers, has remainedthe only completely successful opera on the subject, although Boitos Metis- 208 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY. GIUSEPPE VERDI. tofile (another version of the subject) achieved a marked success in Italy in1868, and placed Boito among the remarkable composers of the day. As forGounod, his other operas never equaled his Faust. Next in merit comes Romeo et Juliette (produced in Paris in 1867) and then his Mireille. which appeared in 1864, and PhilemonetBaucis. an exquisite little comic operaproduced in 1860. His last opera, LeTribut de Zamora, was given at theGrand Opera, Paris, in 1881, and , who died in Bergamo in1848, was for many years one of themost popular operatic composers. Hepossessed undoubted ability, but wrotecarelessly, as the Italians did in thatday. But his operas conta
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