List of performances of French grand operas at the Paris Opéra
The following list gives number of performances of grand opera at the Paris Opera from premiere to 1962, (as given by Stéphane Wolff, Albert Soubies and other sources).
| Work | Premiere | Number of performances | Last performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| La muette de Portici, (Auber) | 1828 | 489 | 1882 |
| Guillaume Tell, (Rossini) | 1829 | 911 | 1930 |
| Robert le diable (Meyerbeer) | 1831 | 751 | 1892; revived in 1984 |
| Gustave III (Auber) | 1833 | 168 | 1853 |
| La Juive (Fromental Halévy) | 1835 | 534 | 1934; revived in 2007 |
| Les Huguenots (Meyerbeer) | 1836 | 1120 | 1936; revived in 2018 |
| Stradella (Niedermeyer) | 1837 | 1840 (in 3-act form) | |
| Guido et Ginevra (Halévy) | 1838 | revived in 1840 (in 4-act form); revived again in 1870 | |
| Le lac des fées (Auber) | 1839 | 30 [1] | |
| La favorite (originally titled L'ange de Nisida) (Donizetti) | 1840 | ||
| Les martyrs (French version of Poliuto) (Donizetti) | 1840 | 20 | 1842 |
| La reine de Chypre (Halévy) | 1841 | 152 | 1878 |
| Charles VI (Halévy) | 1843 | 61 | 1850 |
| Dom Sebastien (Donizetti) | 1843 | 33 | 1849 |
| Marie Stuart (Niedermeyer) | 1844 | 1846; revived in 2002 | |
| Jérusalem (Verdi) | 1847 | 20 | 1849 |
| Le prophète (Meyerbeer) | 1849 | 573 | 1912 |
| L'enfant prodigue (Auber) | 1850 | ||
| Les vêpres siciliennes (Verdi) | 1855 | 81 | 1864 |
| La reine de Saba (Gounod) | 1862 | 15 | 1862 |
| L'Africaine (Meyerbeer) | 1865 | 484 | 1902 |
| Don Carlos (Verdi) | 1867 | 81 | 1864 |
| Hamlet (Thomas) | 1868 | 384 | 1938 |
| Le roi de Lahore (Massenet) | 1877 | 57 | 1879 |
| Polyeucte (Gounod) | 1878 | 29 | 1879 |
| Henry VIII (Saint-Saëns) | 1883 | 87 | 1919 |
| Le Cid (Massenet) | 1885 | 152 | 1919 |
| Patrie! (Paladilhe) | 1886 | 93 | 1919 |
References
- Soubies, Albert. Soixante-sept Ans a L'Opéra en une Page, 1826–1893; Paris, 1893;
- Wolff, Stephane. L'Opéra au Palais Garnier 1875–1962; Paris n.d. but probably 1963
- Charlton, David. The Cambridge Companion to Grand Opera, p. 187, available online at Google Books.
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