Giacomo Meyerbeer

Giacomo Meyerbeer was a German opera composer, linking Mozart and Wagner. With his 1831 opera Robert le diable and its successors, he gave the genre of grand opera "decisive character". Meyerbeer's grand opera style was achieved by his merging of German orchestra style with Italian vocal tradition.

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Who was born first?

• Giacomo Meyerbeer and Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart were born the same year
• Giacomo Meyerbeer and Carl Czerny were born the same year
• Giacomo Meyerbeer and Eugène Scribe were born the same year
• Giacomo Meyerbeer and Ferdinand Hérold were born the same year
• Giacomo Meyerbeer was born 1 year after Karol Lipiński

Timeline

1. Karol LipińskiOctober 30, 1790 – December 16, 1861
2. Carl CzernyFebruary 21, 1791 – July 15, 1857
3. Eugène ScribeDecember 24, 1791 – February 20, 1861
4. Ferdinand HéroldJanuary 28, 1791 – January 19, 1833
5. Franz Xaver Wolfgang MozartJuly 26, 1791 – July 29, 1844
6. Giacomo Meyerbeer (this page)September 5, 1791 – May 2, 1864

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