Robert le Diable

from Giacomo Meyerbeer


Robert the devil
Grand opera in five acts


Libretto

Eugène Scribe und Germain Delavigne

Premiere

21 November 1831, Paris (Opéra)

Cast

ALICE (soprano)
ISABELLE (soprano)
ROBERT; DUKE OF NORMANDY (tenor)
BERTRAM (bass)
RAIMBAULT (tenor)
PRIEST (bass)
MASTER OF CEREMONIES (TENOR)
ALBERTI (BASS)

CHORUS
Nobles, courtiers, populace, evil spirits, ghostly nuns

Place

Sicilia

Time

13th century

Composer

Meyerbeer, Giacomo