AI overview
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German-French composer who created major works for the stage during the 19th century. He is historically important because his grand operas were among the most popular and influential musical compositions of his era.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1791
- Died
- 1864
- Works
- 432
Top works
- Dinorah: the pilgrimage to Ploërmel
- L'étoile du nord
- Le prophète
- L'esule di Granata
- Il profeta
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Sound · Tasdorf, Berlin, Prussia [now Germany]
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
Article
Giacomo Meyerbeer, engraving from a photograph by Pierre Petit (1865)
Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner". With his 1831 opera Robert le diable and its successors, he gave the genre of grand opera "decisive character". Meyerbeer's grand opera style was achieved by his merging of German orchestra style with Italian vocal tradition. These were employed in the context of sensational and melodramatic libretti created by Eugène Scribe and were enhanced by the up-to-date theatre technology of the Paris Opéra. They set a standard that helped to maintain Paris as the opera capital of the nineteenth century.
Gallery (12)
Connections
Categories
1791 births1864 deaths19th-century German classical composers19th-century German Jews19th-century German male musiciansBurials at Schönhauser Allee Cemetery, BerlinComposers from BerlinComposers with IMSLP linksGeneral directors of the Berlin State OperaGerman male opera composersGerman opera composersGerman Romantic composers