#robert le diable

[opera-ghosts]

November 21.1831 the Opera “Robert le diable” premiered in Paris. There this work was a very big success. Here we see the very rare original castlist from one of the only three performances at the The Metropolitan Opera until today in the first Season 1883/84 of this Operahouse. The postcard is from 1911.

[doyouknowthisopera]

[pedanther]

In case anyone wasn't sure why the chapter is called "Robert le diable", it's because that's the name of the opera everybody except Haydée is too busy gossiping to pay attention to. It was a very popular opera at the time, but it's also, like all the Byronic references in the Roman opera chapter, symbolically relevant to the Count.

The plot of the opera, which I'm not going to attempt to recount in all its melodramatic convolution here, involves a young man who is tempted to go down a dark path, with his diabolical tempter playing on his love for his fiancée (and particularly his fear of losing her to a Spanish rival) and his grief at the death of his parent.

There are probably a whole bunch of parallels one could draw out, and then argue about whether Dumas was putting that much thought into it, but for the moment I'll content myself with one that Dumas specifically calls attention to: the Count leaves the opera house at the end of Act 3 (out of a total of five) – which is the point at which Robert is freshly committed to his path and has not yet started to recognise that there are going to be Consequences.

[lafcadiosadventures]

who’s up for timetravelling to the 1831 premiere of Robert le Diable and going insane about the now lost og choreography of the ballet of the nuns aka the 1st Romantic ballet:

[catherine-reznitchenko]

Château de Robert le Diable par Catherine Reznitchenko Via Flickr : Moulineaux, Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France. www.catherine-reznitchenko.fr

[macile]

C’est le printemps

[mtonino]

Le Diable probablement (1977) Robert Bresson

[capture-s-ii]

Le diable probablement (dir. Robert Bresson, 1977)

[allweknewisdead]

Le Diable probablement (1977) - Robert Bresson

Qui est-ce donc qui s’amuse à tourner l’humanité en dérision ? Oui, qui est-ce qui nous manœuvre en douce ?

[speakingparts]

Le diable, probablement [Robert Bresson, 1977]

japanese poster

[mzannthropy]

Ok but in The Count Monte Cristo, do they only go to opera to exchange gossip? Bc it seems like they care more about looking who's in which boxes instead of looking at the stage. The only character genuinely interested in music is Haydee.

[opera-ghosts]

On May 2. 1864 died in Paris Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864). He composed 18 Operas.

[marbleliliescent]

Le Diable, Probablement (1977)

[moviesiveseenandwanttoremember]

Robert Bresson’s “Le Diable probablement” (The Devil, Probably) June 15, 1977.

[lafcadiosadventures]

Robert le Diable, ballet des nonnes damnées.

Original 1831 lithography by Eug. Cicéri, Ph. Benoist and Bayot, based on Cicér's composition drawing.

(music here)

[plazamayorcompany]

ROBERT ET LE DIABLE

(Bande Originale du Documentaire) ROBERT ET LE DIABLE (Bande Originale du Documentaire) Realisation Alban Vian Musique composée par Maximilien Mathevon Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd Diffusion France Television 3 The legend of Robert the Devil has spanned the centuries: the story of this son of the Devil, initially violent and merciless before embarking on the path to redemption upon…