robert robert robert devil opera acts composed written robert regarded grand operas paris superficial connection medieval legend opera immediately successful night november dramatic music harmony orchestration melodramatic plot star singers sensational stage effects compelled audience seen theatre doubt reached level shown robert masterpiece immortal robert initiated european fame composer consolidated fame launched reputation new director new genre opera influence development ballet frequently mentioned discussed contemporary french literature robert continued favourite opera houses world nineteenth century period neglect began revived end twentieth century background early studies germany worked italy studied opera dominated wrote italian operas moderately successful performances european countries success europe including paris persuaded thirty years old ambition base paris seek suitable opera launched mentions robert diaries february announced april passed censor music entrusted composer having acquired brilliant reputation germany italy extending country works successfully represented fabricated basis old legends father alleged versions son devil outline variety melodramatic incidents plot reflected fantastic legendary elements fascinated opera public taste evolved paris production french version robin des features doubtful hero befriended demon promising success originally planned act theatre stopped work opera theatre underwent financial difficulties august composer agreed work act form meet requirements entailed significant storyline reducing essentially comic role act final version antics including spending money continued earlier meant traditional pairing lovers robert paralleled lower class alice swept aside favour concentration sensational story line robert ancestry contract opera grand opera acts seven scenes signed director december completed composition work spa belgium june july characterisation grand opera placed succession tell new genre composer undertook work opera early converting spoken passages adding ballet episodes including act ballet prove opera great suggested replace original scenario set rewrote major male roles robert suit talents respectively performance history premiere seasons paris opera premiered november paris success owed opera star singers robert provocative ballet act featuring great choreography ballet elaborated father audience delight scene conveyed reviewer revue des crowd mute shades arches women cast costume shake cold powder grave suddenly throw past life dance like play like lords drink like pleasure light women set ballet innovative striking design introduced technical innovations staging including english traps sudden appearance disappearance ghosts led complain spectacle pushing music background danced times paris replaced danced role times invitation debut age role alice july cast included suffering stage falcon managed sing aria error finished role ease tragic demeanor dark looks highly appropriate vivid impression public included night victor hugo hearing role declared opera complete april opera received performances paris sang role robert replaced premier tenor like role approve alternative impressed newcomer mario wrote new aria robert performed debut revival opera november mario debut launch successful career singing revival included alice death opera performed times paris early performances outside paris succession representations europe americas launched international fame version opera title father presented london theatre royal february original version appeared june year version given new_york april opera reached berlin dublin brussels copenhagen vienna amsterdam saint_petersburg obtained american performance original french new_orleans italian versions given lisbon florence took particular care london berlin productions travelled london check singers production original version requested german translation berlin undertaken poet strongly recommending father engaged sets reproduced danced sets retained translation eventually carried friend hell wrote additional ballet music berlin production danish choreographer august saw performance paris based choreography copenhagen choreography fully preserved represents record original attended london performance robert opera musically despised order hear british debut role alice music critic wrote write smile enjoyment talent unlimited turned round looked load anxiety taken mind twentieth century early twentieth century operas gradually disappeared stage partly expense partly supporters opera perfect cast robert commented young people understand taken influence seriously productions robert included new_orleans nice paris barcelona production second world war florence shortened version cast including revival paris alice performance new production mounted century performance new critical edition robert presented berlin state opera march robert alice conducted new production opera directed premiered london december time performed roles synopsis plot opera cut rearranged productions outline given follows description given new grove dictionary opera act shore mysterious friend group knights preparing compete tournament hand princess praise wine women gambling robert attendant sings ballad beautiful princess normandy married devil princess son robert known robert reveals son question death begs pardon tells robert engaged marry robert thought arrives robert recognizes foster sister alice alice tells robert mother died words warning threatening dark force offers robert mother robert overcome read asks alice present robert expresses longing beloved alice offers letter alice warns robert ignores encouragement robert knights loses money armour act room palace sad robert absence expresses marriage place vain delighted receives robert letter robert arrives pair express pleasure provides new armour tournament robert preparing tournament suddenly appears persuades robert nearby forest claiming prince rival love wants fight robert left court celebrate marriage couples dancing prince enters asks present arms tournament expresses sorrow robert disappearance prepares open tournament singing praise act countryside near meets arrived alice gives bag gold advises marry alice new wealth attract plenty women leaves having corrupted reveals robert truly devoted son enters adjoining cave spirits hell alice enters expresses love strange chanting coming cave decides listen learns lose robert forever persuade sign away soul devil midnight emerging cave realizes alice heard threatens promises silent robert arrives mourning loss tells win seize magic branch tomb nearby deserted branch robert magical powers robert declares bold instructs leads robert ghosts rise tombs dance praising pleasures drinking gambling lust robert branch demons surround act room palace preparing marriage prince alice rushes inform learnt robert interrupted envoys prince enter bearing gifts robert arrives power branch unsettled power wielding confesses begs reject expresses love robert robert breaks branch spell created taken custody act outside cathedral group monks power church freed robert guards arrive prevent marriage prince attempts robert sign document promises serve reveals robert true father robert decides sign oath devotion alice appears news prince prevented marrying alice divine help hands robert mother robert reads mother message warns man ruined robert midnight strikes time coup past drawn hell robert reunited cathedral great costume designs production costumes designed reception number factors influenced opera favourable reception initial cast contained leading singers period changed equally brilliant stars falcon introduced replacements sensational plot notoriety ballet ensured opera hot topic journals reviews assisted marketing skills director publisher scenery exceptional quality opera hear argued real hero robert designer keen influential persons example sent free tickets good box course businessman knew use pay leader undoubtedly novelty colour music deserves major credit alliance german musical training study opera years italy highly attractive audience asked surprised critic wrote straight away took position crossroads italian song german orchestration meet paid close attention unusual combinations textures original orchestration examples use low brass playing passages associated use brass band male choir demons act particularly impressed wrote entire article revue gazette entitled concluded provides astonishing example power instrumentation applied dramatic music power recent introduction achieved development hands conquest modern art italians acknowledge order prop best miserable system collapsing ruins opera perceived weaknesses characterization example robert behaviour led comment robert robert critic gave consensus opinion robert masterpiece remarkable work history music unite qualities needed establish composer reputation success opera led celebrity king prussia attended second performance robert swiftly invited compose german opera invited stage robert berlin january awarded membership success coupled known family wealth inevitably precipitated peers wrote forget able persuade robert paying administration thousand money lamented work years pay expenses stay paris robert staged years lot influence success robert profound consequences institution music staging popularity nineteenth century opera ballet timing opera premiere long july revolution sensational novel effects meant widely identified new liberal ideas commented luck talented talent lucky poem contemporary writers express fascination opera set chapter count acts robert wrote length nineteenth century opera rose named absence historical content robert played attracting opera regarded primarily aristocratic entertainment success opera justified government policy selling management landmark state control patronage fine arts commissioned having taken control revolution robert new production manager success policy commissioning similar works include dazzling theatrical rhetoric robert led uniformly horrific gripping moral urgency sophisticated plot lines reflecting changes taste new opera established paris europe opera capital centre period act ballet regarded principal corps ballet clothed white favourite nineteenth century repertoire later examples include choreographed danced daughter music opera subject numerous works time brilliant themes robert composer popular calling card occasion forced programmed concerts play demands audience day publication edition completely sold immediately reprinted success robert score published said saved bankruptcy jointly composed grand duo themes opera cello piano italian pianist composer composed elaborate fantasy opera left hand pieces based opera included works painted scene ballet twice earlier version new_york painted larger version singer sung version victoria albert museum london work popularity spawned parodies including robert devil opened london recordings
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