Giacomo Meyerbeer (Jakob Liebmann Beer)
Born: Vogelsdorf, near Berlin (Kingdom of Prussia), 5 Sept. 1791
Died: Paris, 2 May 1864
Meyerbeer changed his name in homage to his grandfather (Liebmann Meyer),
the most influential (and wealthy!) member of the family.
Operas
- Der Fischer und das Milchmädchen, oder Viel Lärm
um einen Kuss (26.3.1810, Königliches Opernhaus, Berlin)
[divertissement]
- Jephtas Gelübde (23.12.1812, Hofoper, Munich)
- Wirth und Gast, oder Aus Scherz Ernst (6.1.1813 Stuttgart)
[also performed as Die beiden Kalifen (20.10.1814, Vienna) and as
Alimelek (1820)]
- Das Brandenburger Tor (1814; NP)
- Gli amori di Teolinda (18.3.1816, Verona) [monodrama]
- Romilda e Costanza (19.7.1817 Teatro Nuovo, Padua)
- Semiramide riconosciuta (3.1819 Teatro Regio, Turin)
- Emma di Resburgo (26.6.1819 Teatro San Benedetto, Venice)
[also performed as Emma von Leicesters (11.2.1820, Berlin)]
- Margherita d'Anjou (14.11.1820 Teatro alla Scala, Milan)
- Eduardo e Cristina (1820?)
- L'esule di Granata (12.3.1822 Teatro alla Scala, Milan)
[the date in Grove's Encyclopedia is incorrect]
- Il crociato in Egitto (7.3.1824 Teatro La Fenice, Venice)
- Il crociato in Egitto [rev] (25.9.1825 Théâtre
Italien, Paris)
- Margherita d'Anjou [rev] (11.3.1826 Théâtre
Odéon, Paris)
- Robert le diable (21.11.1831 Théâtre de l'Opéra,
Paris)
- Les Huguenots (29.2.1836 Théâtre de l'Opéra,
Paris)
- Le Prophète (1841; NP)
- Das Hoffest von Ferrara (28.2.1843, Berlin) [masque]
- Ein Feldlager in Schlesien (7.12.1844 Hofoper, Berlin)
- Vielka [rev of Ein Feldlager in Schlesien]
(18.2.1847 Theater an der Wien, Vienna)
- Le Prophète I>[rev] (16.4.1849 Théâtre de
l'Opéra, Paris)
- L'Étoile du nord [rev of Ein Feldlager in
Schlesien] (16.2.1854 Opéra-Comique, Paris)
- Le Pardon de Ploërmel (4.4.1859 Opéra-Comique, Paris)
[subsequently renamed Dinorah; also performed as Le chercheur du
trésor and Die Goldsucher, and Die Wallfahrt nach Ploërmel]
- L'Africaine (28.4.1865 Théâtre de l'Opéra,
Paris) [also performed as Vasco da Gama]
Incidental Music
- Struensee (19.9.1846 Schauspielhaus, Berlin)
- La Jeunesse de Goethe (1862; NP)
Portraits:
- Sculpture (bust) - year 1832 (JPEG; 9 kB)
12 Jul 2008
