Giacomo Meyerbeer - LES HUGUENOTS (Marc Minkowski, Brussels 2011)

LES HUGUENOTS Opéra en 5 actes Composer: Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791–1864) Libretto: Eugène Scribe & Émile Deschamps First performance : Paris Opera, 29 February 1836 The 2011 Brussels recording uses the Ricordi critical edition, with up to 15 minutes of new music; for instance, the Act II Marguerite / Raoul duet and Act III finales are extended, and Marcel’s choral after the couvre-feu is new. SETTING: Touraine and Paris, August 1572 PLOT: Act I: Raoul de Nangis, a young Huguenot, has fallen in love with a