A ball game where characters like Tavannes and Cossé hit the ball in time with the orchestra was dropped from the first act of this opera, although that first act does see a mocking of eternal peace and the singing of the aria, "Nobles seigneurs, salut!" After refusing a drink, one character in this opera accepts an invitation to sing a song featuring a phrase mimicking the firing of a gun, "piff, paff, piff, paff". The tenor in its premiere, Adolphe Nourrit, suggested adding the duet in its Fourth Act between his chara
A ball game where characters like Tavannes and Cossé hit the ball in time with the orchestra was dropped from the first act of this opera, although that first act does see a mocking of eternal peace and the singing of the aria, "Nobles seigneurs, salut!" After refusing a drink, one character in this opera accepts an invitation to sing a song featuring a phrase mimicking the firing of a gun, "piff, paff, piff, paff". The tenor in its premiere, Adolphe Nourrit, suggested adding the duet in its Fourth Act between his character and the daughter of Le Comte de Saint-Bris. A woodwind chorale version of "Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott" is played in its overture and repeated throughout this opera. After the striking of the second bell in its final act, characters like Raoul, Valentine and the off-screen Admiral Coligny are killed on the orders of the Queen. For 10 points, name this opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer about a group of French Protestants.
A ball game where characters like Tavannes and Cossé hit the ball in time with the orchestra was dropped from the first act of this opera, although that first act does see a mocking of eternal peace and the singing of the aria, "Nobles seigneurs, salut!"
Les Huguenots [or The Huguenots]