 Predictably, it failed to make the stage, at least in its complete, four-hour form.For that, it would have to wait until the second half of the twentieth century, fulfilling the composer's prophecy, "If only I could live till I am a hundred and forty, my life would become decidedly interesting".Berlioz's third and final opera, the Shakespearean comedy "Béatrice et Bénédict" (1862), was written for a theatre in Germany, where audiences were far more appreciative of his musical innovation.