An epic opera that requires 7 star singers who can handle all the showy tricks in Meyerbeer's score. Set around the St. Valentine's Day massacre in Paris in 1572... It is a grand opera of love, jealousy, religion, fundamentalism and violence.
The music is undoubtedly beautiful but Meyerbeer's grand over the top style can be a bit much for some today. From its debut in 1836 through to the late 19th Century, Les Huguenots was one of the most popular operas in the world. Today it is a relative rarity.
The amazing Dame Joan Sutherland choose the opera for her farewell performance at the Australian Opera in 1990 and here she is as Queen Marguerite de Valois.
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