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New items in May, 2007

Addendum to Meyerbeer at Spa -- new pictures added (May 21, 2007)
Program of the May 14, 2007 concert at Folkwang Hochschule Essen-Werden (May 21, 2007)
Program of Concert in Essen held May 16, 2007 concluding the Meyerbeer Congress and Festival held at the completion of the new critical edition of Le Prophète (added May 20.2007)

New items in January, 2007

Discussion Forum Re-opens!! (January 9, 2007)

New items in December, 2006

Meyerbeer, Le Prophète and Richard Wagner, the Prophet of Anti-Semitism at the 92nd Street "Y" New York City (December 13, 2006)

New items in September, 2006

A Request for Help To All Meyerbeer Fans from Richard Arsenty (September 12, 2006)
Le Prophète International Conference and Concert in May, 2007 at Essen, Germany (September 11, 2006)

New items in August, 2006

Venice La Fenice to revive Il Crociato in Egitto in January, 2007 (August 28, 2006)

New items in May, 2006

Bard Music Festival 2006, devoted to Liszt, includes some Meyerbeer related offerings (May 3, 2006)
La Juive in a new production at the Paris Opera in 2007 (May 1, 2006)
Meyerbeer's Semiaramide at Martina Franca in August, 2006

New items in July, 2005

Il Crociato in Egitto in a staged production at La Fenice in Venice, planned for March-April, 2006 (posted July 19, 2005)

New items in March, 2005

Meyerbeer, Forgotten and Ignored – An Essay by Stephen A. Agus (added March 13, 2005)

New items in February, 2005

Concert in Berlin March 19, 2005 to feature Meyerbeer melodies and themes from the operas for piano and violin (added February 28, 2005)

New items in January, 2005

Updated Schedule of Events, added Meyerbeer's Semiramide to be performed in Bad Wildbad (Rossini Festival) in July (added January 27, 2005)

New items in October, 2004

A Letter from Muenster on the occasion of the production of Le Prophète, September, 2004, by Matthias Brzoska (October 20, 2004)
Meyerbeer in Nice - Summer 2004, Photos by Lynne Price (posted October 19, 2004)

New items in September, 2004

Remarks about Meyerbeer's Le Prophète -- a 19th century French Grand Opera in Five Acts -- on the occasion of the work's production in Münster, Germany 25^th of September 2004, by Matthias Brzoska editor of the new critical edition (posted September 11, 2004)

New items in August, 2004

A Tale of Two Sélikas, Review of two performances of the Strasbourg L'africaine by Katie Barnes (posted August 2, 2004)

New items in July, 2004

Pictures from France, Part II -- Strasbourg, Part II (posted July 12, 2004)
Pictures from France, Part I -- Metz, Part I (posted July 7, 2004)

New items in June, 2004

Images from Metz and Strasbourg, June, 2004 (posted June 21, 2004)
Margherita D'Anjou to be performed in Leipzig, May, June, July 2005 (posted June 19, 2004)
First reviews of Les Huguenots (Metz) and L'africaine (Strasbourg) (posted June 19, 2004)
Ina Friedman cover story in Jerusalem Report Jun 1, 2004 (cover posted June 4, 2004)

New items in May, 2004

Louisville, Kentucky ballet to perform Les Patineurs in September, 2004 (added May 10, 2004)
Cast list for Les Huguenots in Metz posted (May 9, 2004)

New items in March, 2004

Les Huguenots to be performed in Liege, June 2005 (posted March 31, 2004)
Volume IV (final volume) of the Meyerbeer Diaries, edited by Robert Ignatius Letellier, released by publisher (added March 14, 2004)

New items in February, 2004

Partial cast list for Metz Les Huguenots announced (posted February 3, 2004)
MFC to announce 2004 Alsace/Lorraine group travel plans to its membership within days. Please contact meyerb@meyerbeer.com if interested (posted February 3, 2004)

New items in December, 2003

Le Prophète to be staged in Muenster, October, 2004 (posted December 12, 2003)

New items in September, 2003

A North American Meyerbeer Premiere (Meyerbeer's Clarinet Quintet) Program of the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players September 15, 2003
Piano Transcriptions from Meyerbeer's Grand Operas, Concert announced at Klavierhaus, New York City November 9, 2003 (added September 7, 2003)

New items in July, 2003

Meyerbeer's Clarinet Quintet to be performed in New York, September 15, 2003 (added July 30, 2003)
Mercandante's Emma d'Antiocha to be performed at London Royal Festival Hall on October 22, 2003 (added July 3, 2003)

New Items in June, 2003

David Faiman's review of Gli Amori di Teolinda in Tel Aviv, June 1 and 2, 2003 (added June 15, 2003)
A portrait of Louis Gueymard, 19th c. tenor extraordinaire (June 9, 2003)

New Items in May 2003

Halévy's La Juive to be performed at New York Metropolitan Opera November, December, 2003 (May 30, 2003)
Dinorah to be performed in Compiegne, France in March, 2004 (May 28, 2004)
Auber's Gustave III to be performed in Metz, France, September and October, 2003 (May 26, 2003)
Les Huguenots to be performed in Metz, France, June, 2004 (May 26, 2003)
New Meyerbeer Course offered at University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education, February 20-22, 2004 (May 26, 2004)
L'Africaine to be performed in Strasbourg June, 2004 (May 23, 2003)

New Items in April 2003

Stars of Le Prophète (added April 19, 2003)

New Items in March 2003

El Caso Meyerbeer, by D. González de la Rubia in Spanish (added March 20, 2003)
Famous Composers and their Works (1901), reprint of the article about Meyerbeer at the turn of the last century, PART I (March 9, 2003)

New Items in January 2003

Il nesso tematico di religione, potere, politica e amore nelle opere di Giacomo Meyerbeer by Robert Letellier, translated into Italian by Marco Pellegrini (January 19, 2003)
Meyerbeer Fan Club Member Responds to Caustic Comments of Panelist Terrence McNally on "Opera Quiz" of January 4, 2003 (January 11, 2003)
Les Huguenots in Palestine, 1926 (Newspaper account, Davar, December 9, 1926)(January 7, 2003)(Hebrew)

New Items in December, 2002

Review of Dinorah at Compiegne, International Herald Tribune, November 30, 2002 (December 25, 2002)
Meyerbeer Fan Club cited in Opera Now Magazine November/December 2002 edition (December 25, 2002)

New Items in November, 2002

First reviews of Les Huguenots in Frankfurt (November 27, 2002)
Margherita D'Anjou review from The Opera Critic by Peter Grahame Woolf (link added November 12, 2002)
Program for the London Margherita D'Anjou (November 11, 2002)
Dinorah at Compiegne -- details from the producer (November 10, 2002)
The Critics Speak about Margherita D'Anjou performance, London, 2002 (November 10, 2002)
Photographs following the London performance of Margherita D'Anjou of 2 Nov. 2002 (posted November 9, 2002)

New Items in October, 2002

New!! Photos from Stockholm City Theatre's new play about Jenny Lind and her final opera performance in Robert le Diable (added October 13, 2002) See Schedule

New Items in September, 2002

Meyerbeer at Worcester, Mass, November 3, 1869, Theodore Thomas Orchestra (added September 26, 2002)

New Items in August, 2002

BBC Radio 3 announces Meyerbeer as its "composer of the week" August 26-30, 2002 (added August 21, 2002)
Musings about Martina Franca 2002 by Stephen A. Agus
Photographs taken at Martina Franca 2002 (added August 19, 2002)
Some picture of the sets for Les Huguenots at Martina Franca (added August 19, 2002)
Italian Press reviews of Les Huguenots in Martina Franca (expanded and updated August 14, 2002)
New Play about Jenny Lind to open in Stockholm September 11, 2002 (August 11, 2002)
Les Huguenots in Martina Franca -- Italian Press Reviews (August 10, 2002)

New Items in July, 2002

Cast list for Compiegne Dinorah posted (July 2, 2002)

New Items in June, 2002

Marina Mescheriokova in her own words about her role as Alice in Robert le Diable, Berlin, 2000 (June 12, 2002)
Volume 6 of Briefweschsel und Tagebucher published by DeGruyter (June 11, 2002)
Cast list for forthcoming Martina Franca Les Huguenots posted! (June 4, 2002)

New Items in May, 2002

New information posted on forthcoming November 2, 2002 performance of Margherita D'Anjou in London (May 10, 2002)

New Items in April, 2002

Cecil Gray "A Note About Meyerbeer" from "Contingencies and Other Essays" (1947) (added April 1, 2002)

New items in March, 2002

Excerpts from The History of Music By Cecil Gray (1935) -- a major section discussing the music and influence of Meyerbeer upon Verdi and Wagner, and the interrelationship of the three composers (added March 24, 2002)
Les Huguenots, concert version at Frankfurt, alte Oper November 24, November 26, 2002 (added March 17, 2002)
'Meyerbeer', Part IV (of four parts) of essay by Bernard Van Dieren from "Down Among the Dead Men" and Other Essays, Oxford University Press 1935 (March 17, 2002)
'Meyerbeer', Part III (of four parts) of essay by Bernard Van Dieren from "Down Among the Dead Men" and Other Essays, Oxford University Press 1935 (March 11, 2002)
'Meyerbeer', Part II (of four parts) of essay by Bernard Van Dieren from "Down Among the Dead Men" and Other Essays, Oxford University Press 1935 (March 10, 2002)
'Meyerbeer', Part I (of four parts) of essay by Bernard Van Dieren from "Down Among the Dead Men" and Other Essays, Oxford University Press 1935 (March 9, 2002)
New Production of Dinorah announced at Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne, FRANCE in October, 2002 (March 3, 2002)

New items in January, 2002

Ben Heppner to give Carnegie Hall recital with arias by Meyerbeer, Halevy, Berlioz, etc. (January 27, 2002) -- event cancelled
Les Huguenots to be performed at Martina Franca in August, 2002 -- (confirmed August 4th and August 6th) as the featured opera of the Festival della Valle d'Itria (January 2, 2002)

New items in December, 2001

Ben Heppner sings French arias (new release) (December 3, 2001)
Les Huguenots at Martina Franca, Summer, 2002 tentative announcement (December 2, 2001)

New items in November, 2001

Report and Review of November 18th lecture and concert (November 24, 2001)
The Jewish Chronicle article of November 9, 2001 (November 23, 2001)
The Programme from November 18th concert in Hampstead (November 22, 2001)
Meyerbeer the Jew, by David Conway (November 21, 2001)

New items in September, 2001

Gambara by Honore de Balzac (full text English translation) (September 14, 2001) discussing Meyerbeer and the premiere of Robert le Diable in 1831 in depth
Meyerbeer Invades the United Kingdom November 18, 2001 (September 9, 2001)

New items in August, 2001

Anne Sophie von Otter new CD features lieder and melodies of Beethoven, Meyerbeer and Spohr -- review in German by Dr. Wolfgang Kühnhold (added August 6, 2001)

New items in July, 2001

Engraving of final honors given to Meyerbeer at Paris' Gare du Nord Railway Station (July 15, 2001)

New items in June, 2001

"The Unredeemed Dreyfus of the Musical World," by Manuel Marquez-Sterling (translation into English by the Author) added June 15, 2001

New items in May, 2001

Sepulchre of Jacques Fromental Halévy (Photo Courtesy of David Conway)(May 22, 2001)
A response to an interpretation of Opera history which blames 19th century France for having "low culture" and "bad taste" by François Nouvion (May 20, 2001)
Sheet music for U'venucho Yomar by Meyerbeer, as published by Cantor Samuel Naumbourg in 1847 (May 19, 2001)
Review of L'eclair at Aachen, Germany (in German only) (May 17, 2001)
New York Magazine review of Les Huguenots at Carnegie Hall (May 8, 2001)

New items in April, 2001

Reviews of OONY Les Huguenots at New York's Carnegie Hall, April 23, 2001 (April 28, 2001)

New items in March, 2001

Drawings of sets for Les Huguenots and Le Prophète in 19th c. London (March 26, 2001)

New Items in February, 2001

Music score added to footnotes in Robert Letellier's "The Thematic Nexus...." article (February 27, 2001)
Meyerbeer at Spa, Belgium (photographs) (February 24, 2001)
Les cancans de l'Opéra - Le journal d'une habilleuese 1836-1848, by Jean-Louis Tamvaco, reviewed by Tom Kaufman (February 5, 2001)

New Items in January, 2001

A Chat with Meyerbeer’s Daughter, reprinted from "The American Hebrew," November 2, 1928 (January 23, 2001)

New Items in December, 2000

An account of a visit in September, 2000 to Berlin's Meyerbeer PalaisCafé by our friend Inge (December 2, 2000)

New items in November, 2000

"Why Wagner? Why not Meyerbeer?....." by Eugene Blum, reprinted from The International Jerusalem Post (November 20, 2000)
Photo of Warren Mok, as Robert at Martina Franca (November 20, 2000)
Feedback page auf Deutsch (November 14, 2000)
Prague Robert le Diable reviews (in French) Revues de Presse (excerpts) (November 14, 2000)
English Translation of Gott Und Die Natur by Richard Arsenty (November 13, 2000)
Purchase books and recordings from Meyerbeer Fan Club (November 12, 2000)
Prague Robert le Diable - from the program (November 9, 2000)

New items in October, 2000

Libretto of Gott und Die Natur (October 17, 2000)

New items in September, 2000

Piano score of Les Huguenots, entire (Italian and English) (September 29, 2000) (link)
Le Prophète (concert version) in Kiel, Germany Dec., 2000 -- Apr., 2001. Details published (September 14, 2000)
Interview with Marc Minkowski (en español) (September 3, 2000)
Remarks of Mathias Clason on the release of a limited edition CD of the Stockholm, 1999 Le Prophète (September 2, 2000)

New items in August, 2000

Genealogy of Meyerbeer family (link to) -- maintained by a descendant of Meyerbeer and devoted MFC member (in German) (added August 29, 2000)
Four new reviews posted from Martina Franca (August 21, 2000)
Marco Pellegrini's comprehensive review and analysis of Martina Franca Robert le Diable (August 20, 2000)
Paolo ISOTTA, Meyerbeer, amore infernale per un angelo caduto, "Corriere della sera", 13 agosto 2000 [Meyerbeer, infernal love for a fallen angel] -- An extremely enthusiastic review from an ardent Wagnerian and well-known critic of Meyerbeer! (August 14, 2000)
First reviews from Martina Franca's Robert le Diable (August 10, 2000)
OONY 2000-2001 season tickets go on sale (Les Huguenots April 23, 2000)

New items in June, 2000

Giacomo Meyerbeer en España -- En el 125 aniversario de la muerte (by Domingo M. y González de la Rubia) In Spanish, republished from RITMO, 1989 (added June 7, 2000)
Mikhail Vrubel and Robert le Diable (photo of bronze sculpture) (June 5, 2000)

New items in May, 2000

"The Baltimore Opera Company must perform Meyerbeer," editorial, by Eugene Blum, published in The Baltimore Sun, May 19, 2000 (May 31, 2000)
New performances of Le Prophete in Kiel (December, 2000) and Halevy's L'eclair in Aachen (April, 2001) announced (May 27, 2000)

New items in April, 2000

Real Audio sound clip of June Anderson singing the cavatina "Robert, toi que j'aime" from Robert le Diable, Paris, 1985 (April 30, 2000)
Review of Opera Camerata of Washington Concert of April 7, 2000, by Lynne Price (April 9, 2000)
Meyerbeer Fan Club Home Page in German (Deutsch) (April 4, 2000)
An account of two extraordinary performances of Robert le Diable at the Berlin Staatsoper, March, 2000 (April 2, 2000)

New items in January, 2000

Robert le Diable to be performed in Martina Franca, Italy August 6 and 8, 2000 (January 23, 2000)
Review of Prague Staatsoper Production of Robert le Diable by Milan Pospíšil (in German) (January 22, 2000)

New items in December, 1999

Details, including cast list of Prague State Opera Robert le Diable running through May, 2000 (December 18, 1999)
Volume I of the Meyerbeer Diaries in English, edited by Robert Letellier-- published! (December 10, 1999) -- Discount copies available to MFC members. Contact meyerb@meyerbeer.com for details (non-members may become members and get the book and the "Meyerbeer Lives!" T-shirt for the same price you would pay to www.amazon.com or any other retailer just for the book). Another good reason to join MFC!!!

New items in November, 1999

The Invisible Wall, by W. Michael Blumenthal added to Bibiliography (November 21, 1999)

New items in October, 1999

Review of June, 1999 Stockholm Le Prophète by Prof. Dr. Matthias Brzoska, editor of the new edition (October 30, 1999)
New productions of Dinorah in Parma, Robert le Diable in Palermo in 2000, See revised Schedule page (October 24, 1999)

New items in September, 1999

"Essential Meyerbeer For Wagnerians", an Oct. 30, 1999 multimedia presentation in San Francisco (September 18, 1999)
Why did Meyerbeer and Halévy fall From Grace and What Can be Done About It? -- Lecture by Tom Kaufman at Halevy Bicentennial celebration, April 11, 1999 (September 4, 1999)

New items in August, 1999

Announcements: September, 1999 Dordrecht Gli Amori di Teolinda and November, 1999 Les Huguenots in Bilbao (August 18, 1999) See Schedule page

New items in July, 1999

Walt Whitman’s Meyerbeer in Leaves of Grass, Poem (July 29, 1999)
Meyerbeer and Auber: Relations Between the Two Composers as Recorded in Meyerbeer's Diaries, by Robert Letellier (July 11, 1999)

New items in June, 1999

The relationship of Meyerbeer and Hal é vy, by Robert Letellier (June 25, 1999)

New items in May, 1999

Meyerbeer PalaisCafé to open in Berlin, July 15, 1999 (May 22, 1999)
Discussion page re-opens in new format (May 22, 1999)
Cast announcements for Berlin 2000 Robert le Diable (May 18, 1999)
New York Times Review of OONY La Juive, April 19, 1999 (May 1, 1999)

New items in April, 1999

June, 1999 Stockholm Le Prophète details (April 20, 1999)
Links to roller skating history, genealogy and Mars exploration (April 4, 1999)
Revised biography including links to genealogy and Wilhelm Beer's contribution to exploration of Mars (April 4, 1999)

New items in March, 1999

Cast list and details posted for New Israeli Opera La Juive Jan, Feb 2000 (March 27, 1999)
Introduction to the Diaries of Meyerbeer (in Japanese), by Robert Igantius Letellier, translated by Sr. Tomiko Hirata (March 14, 1999)
History, Myth and Music in a Theme of Exploration: Some Reflections on the Musico-Dramatic Language of Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, by Robert Ignatius Letellier -- Part II (March 8, 1999)

New items in February, 1999

History, Myth and Music in a Theme of Exploration: Some Reflections on the Musico-Dramatic Language of Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, by Robert Ignatius Letellier -- Part I (February 27, 1999)
Opening of Home Page of Prof. Dr. Mathias Brzoska -- links established (February 13, 1999)

New items in January, 1999

Images from Halévy's La tempesta (January 24, 1999)
Fifth volume of Meyerbeer's Briefwechsel und Tagebucher published (January 18, 1999)
Halévy's La tempesta by Clarissa Lablache (January 18, 1999)
Schedule page update (January 16, 1999)
Giuseppe Mazzini on Meyerbeer, by Marco Pellegrini (January 9, 1999) (English and Italian)
Updated Schedule page (January 3, 1999)

New items in December, 1998

Vienna Staatsoper La Juive in October-November, 1999. See schedule (December 26, 1998)
A poem by Heinrich Heine (December 26, 1998) (Deutsch)
Performance of Le Prophete, Acts IV and V in Stockholm April, 1999. See schedule. (December 19, 1998)
MFC Symposium in honor of Bicentennial of Jacques Fromental Halevy, April 11, 1999 in New York, See Schedule (December 16, 1998)
La Juive in Tel Aviv, Jan-Feb, 2000, See Schedule (December 16, 1998)

New items in November, 1998

Pictures of Met Opera Le Prophete from Dallas, Texas 1977 (November 22, 1998)
Che Sara Sara: The 'Star' of which Dreams are Made - - Scribe and Meyerbeer's Opéra Comique L'Étoile du Nord, by Robert Letellier (November 21, 1998)
A Biography of Jacques Fromental Halévy, by Tom Kaufman (November 16, 1998)
Embracing Meyerbeer: A Challenge to the Jews -- Some thoughts of Max Brod, Robert Letellier and Chaim Nachman Bialik (November 15, 1998)

New items in October, 1998

The Many Faceted Beauties of Meyerbeer's Gli Amori di Teolinda (October 27, 1998)
The Berlin Staatsoper 1966 Le Prophète -- review by H. H. Stuckenschmidt (October 24, 1998)
Introduction by Matthias Brzoska to Bochum concert (Overture to Le Prophète) (English translation added October 20, 1998)
Recordings of the operas of Jacques Fromenthal Halévy by Tom Kaufman (October 11, 1998)
Le Prophète -- analysis of Henry Lewis recording (October 6, 1998) en français
"The Coventional Form" by Tom Kaufman (October 3, 1998)

New items in September, 1998

Updated Schedule (September 20, 1998)
Meyerbeer in New Hampshire, a report from the North (September 3, 1998)

New items in August, 1998

· El irrendento Dreyfus del Mundo Musical ("The Unredeemed Dreyfus of the World of Music") -- reprinted from "Diario las Americas" (August 30, 1998)

· Les Huguenots in Berlin, December, 1998 (added August 27, 1998)

· MFC First Anniversary Quiz!! with prizes!! (August 15, 1998, removed September 15, 1998)

· The Story of La Juive (August 9, 1998)

New items in July, 1998

· Meyerbeer's bust at Vienna Staatsoper (jpg file) (July 27, 1998)

· Bochum Concert announcement and opening remarks of Prof. Dr. Matthias Brzoska (added July 27, 1998)

· Frieda Hempel sings "Ombre leggiera" from Act II, Dinorah (1918) (added July 22, 1998) -- A RealAudio clip

· Comments of George Sand and Moritz Moszkowski about Meyerbeer (July 19, 1998)

· The Story of Dinorah (July 19, 1998)

· Pictures from Vienna Le Prophète (July 5, 1998)

· Reflections on the Vienna Staatsoper Production of Le Prophète of 1998 (July 4, 1998)

New items in June, 1998

· The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer, a first look, by Dr. Robert Ignatius Letellier (June 20, 1998)

· The Thematic Nexus of Religion, Power, Politics and Love in the Operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer by Robert Ignatius Letellier (June 20, 1998)

· Sieghart Döhring: Giacomo Meyerbeer and the Opera of the Nineteenth Century (June 15, 1998)

New items in May, 1998

· RealAudio clips of "Mario-aria" (May 17, 1998)

· Newly revised article about "Mario-aria" by Dr. Wolfgang Kühnhold (May 13, 1998)

· Halévy's La Juive at Carnegie Hall April 13, 1999 (concert performance) New York (May 11, 1998)

· Bianca al par Real Audio by Caruso and Corelli added to Les Huguenots (May 10, 1998)

· La Voce Antica - Collection of early Meyerbeer recordings and peformance history of Meyerbeer's Operas in early 20th c. Italy (added May 9, 1998)

· Meyerbeer in Finland July, 1998 -- Hirtenlied and Clarinet Quintet to be performed at summer Chamber Festival (May 1, 1998)

· Real Audio installed. See samples in The Story of Le Prophete (May 1, 1998)

New items in April, 1998

· Le Prophete to be repeated in 1998-1999 season at Vienna Staatsoper (April 27, 1998)

· The Story of Les Huguenots (April 26, 1998)

· Vienna Le Prophete to be broadcast on CBC October 4, 1998 (April 19, 1998)

· Gli Amori di Teolinda to be performed May 10, 1998 in Utrecht!!

· The Neglected Bel Canto Composers, by Tom Kaufman (April 12, 1998)

· Meyerbeer Fan Club makes News!!! Article from Frankfurter Allgemeine, April 9, 1998 (added April 10, 1998)

· Meyerbeer meets Charles Dickens, 1855 (April 10, 1998) by Clarissa Lablache

· Review of Le Prophete in London Times of July, 1849, by Basil Walsh (April 7, 1998)

· The Three Giants of French Opera, by Tom Kaufman (updated April 4, 1998)

· Libretto of the "Mario-aria" (April 4, 1998)

· The Operas of Fromental Halévy (April 4, 1998)

New items in March, 1998

· The Story of Robert le Diable (March 28, 1998)

· New CD's of Meyerbeer's orchestral music issued. Discography (March 21, 1998) (corrected March 30, 1998)

· New links to Tom Kaufman's comprehensive discographies of the operas. Operas (March 22, 1998)

· L'Etoile du Nord and Luigi Lablache by Clarissa Lablache (Mar. 7, 1998) (updated March 29, 1998 with picture of Luigi Lablache)

Coming soon

· More articles from Meyerbeer Studien

· Revisions and reflections about the "Mario-aria" by Dr. Wolfgang Kühnhold

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