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Berlioz in 1860

Les Troyens is an opera by Hector Berlioz. Berlioz wrote the words and music between 1856 and 1858. The opera is based on Virgil's Aeneid. It took many years for the opera to be performed. It was very long. Berlioz cut the opera to the last three acts. They were performed in Paris in November 1863.

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  • Hector Berlioz, Les Troyens à Carthage vocal score cover - Restoration

    Cover of the 1863 Choudens vocal score for Les Troyens à Carthage, the second half of the opera, and first part performed.

  • Hector Berlioz, La Prise de Troie score cover - Restoration

    The Choudens vocal score illustration for La Prise de Troie, the first part of the opera.

  • The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

    Detail from The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy by Domenico Tiepolo (1773).

  • Les Troyens à Carthage 1863 - throne room of Didon - design by Chaperon - Gallica

    Set design for the throne room (1863)

  • Les Troyens à Carthage 1863 - gardens of Didon by the shore - design by Chaperon - Gallica

    Gardens of Didon by the shore (1863)

  • Énée et Didon by Baron Pierre-Narcisse Guérin (1815)

    Énée et Didon by Guérin (1815).

  • Les Troyens à Carthage 1863 - apartment of Didon - Chaperon - Gallica

    Didon's apartment (1863)

  • Les Troyens à Carthage 1863 - last act (press illustration) - Gallica

    Press illustration of the last scene – the Death of Didon (1863). Set designer: Philippe Chaperon

See also

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