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Giacomo Meyerbeer (born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer; 5 September 1791 – 2 May 1864) was a German opera composer, "the most frequently performed opera composer during the nineteenth century, linking Mozart and Wagner".
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer who established in Paris a vogue for spectacular romantic opera. Born of a wealthy Jewish family, Meyerbeer studied composition in Berlin and later at Darmstadt, where he formed a friendship with C.M. von Weber.
Giacomo Meyerbeer surrounded by characters from his most famous operas. From left to right: Nélusko and Sélika ( L'Africaine ); Alice, Robert and Bertram ( Robert le diable ) ; Fidès, Jean de Leyden and the three anabaptistes ( Le prophète ); Valentine, Raoul and Marcel ( Les Huguenots )
The most celebrated opera composer of the mid-19th century. A German-born Jew whose mature operas, first performed in Paris, were smash hits worldwide, performed as far afield as Melbourne, Mexico, Calcutta, Manila, and Mauritius, as well as in provincial theatres without lavish orchestra….
Jun 27, 2018 · Giacomo Meyerbeer. The four grand operas composed for Paris by the German composer Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864) set a style that dominated the French lyric theater and exerted a powerful influence on opera production throughout Europe for a generation afterward.
Giacomo Meyerbeer was born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer to a wealthy Jewish family on September 5, 1791, near Berlin in Tasdorf. His father, Juda Herz Beer (1769-1825) was very involved in the movement for the emancipation and integration of Prussian Jews.
Sep 5, 2018 · Giacomo Meyerbeer is one of the most influential composers of all time. Such noted composers as Verdi, Wagner, Berlioz, Massenet, Donizetti, Halevy, Dvorak, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Gounod, Thomas, Liszt, and Chopin, among others, came under his spell at one point or another in their respective careers.
Jan 6, 2015 · Giacomo Meyerbeer, (born: Jacob Liebmann Beer) was a German opera composer of Jewish birth who has been described as perhaps the most successful stage composer of the nineteenth century. With his 1831 opera Robert le diable and its successors, he gave the genre of grand opera ‘decisive character’.
Jul 12, 2008 · Giacomo Meyerbeer (Jakob Liebmann Beer) Born: Vogelsdorf, near Berlin (Kingdom of Prussia), 5 Sept. 1791. Died: Paris, 2 May 1864. Meyerbeer changed his name in homage to his grandfather (Liebmann Meyer), the most influential (and wealthy!) member of the family.
Giacomo Meyerbeer was a renowned Prussian composer. With the birth name Jacob Liebmann Beer Meyerbeer was born in 1791 in Tasdorf, near Berlin, in what was then the capital of Prussia.
