The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer: 1791-1839

by Giacomo Meyerbeer

Volume 1 of the diaries, which in toto present a sustained record of Meyerbeer's personal recollections from 1812-1864, covers the Early Years and Italy (1812-26) and the Parisian Triumphs (1827-39). A register of names, maps, illustrations, musical examples, and annotations complete the critical apparatus, Illustrated.

576 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1999

About the author

Giacomo Meyerbeer 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'.