Composition: Robert le diable (Meyerbeer, Giacomo)
| Title | Robert le Diable |
| Alternative title | Grand opéra en cinq actes |
| Creators | Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer) and Eugène Scribe (librettist) and Casimir Delavigne (librettist) |
| Opus | |
| Instrumentation | voices, mixed chorus and orchestra |
| Number of movements | — |
| Keys | — |
| Composed | 1831 |
| First published | 1831 |
| Dedication | — |
| Tempo markings | — |
| Metronome markings | — |
| Time signatures | — |
| Average duration (sec) | — |
| Number of measures | — |
| Composition types | Grand operas |
| Language | French |
| Period | Romantic |
| View on IMSLP |  |
| Code |  |
Sections
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Arrangements
| Details | Section | Arranged for | Arranger |
|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | piano | — |
| view | Complete | piano | Michele Saladino |
| view | Selections | 2 flutes | Eugène Walckiers |
| view | Overture | piano 4 hands | — |
| view | Couplets et scène: Quand je quittai la Normandie | harp and piano flute, harp and piano flute, harp, cello and piano |
Nicholas Charles Bochsa |
| view | Duo bouffe: Ah! l'honnête homme! (Act III) | 2 voices and guitar | — |
| view | Valse infernale (Act III, No.10) | theater orchestra | James C. McCabe |
| view | Cavatina: Robert, toi que j'aime (No.18c.) | orchestra | — |
| view | Cavatina: Robert, toi que j'aime (No.18c.) | violin and piano | Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst |
| view | Cavatina: Robert, toi que j'aime (No.18c.) | voice and harp | Thomas Aptommas |
| view | Cavatina: Robert, toi que j'aime (No.18c.) | harp | Thomas Aptommas |
Scores
| Details | Section | Type | Publisher | Date | File |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Complete | — | Schlesinger | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Schlesinger | 1831 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Schlesinger | 1831 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Brandus | — | Preliminaries; Acts 1-2 · view Acts 3-5 · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Boosey & Hawkes | 1870 | Preliminaries; Act 1 · view Act 2 · view Act 3 · view Act 4 · view Act 5 · view |
| view | Complete | vocal score | Edition Peters | — | Preliminaries; Act 1-2 · view Act 3 · view Act 4-5 · view |
| view | Complete | selections,vocal score | G. Sennewald | — | Ballade: Jadis régnait en Normandie (Act I) · view |
| view | Complete | selections,vocal score | Dubois & Bacon | — | Cavatina: Idole de ma vie (Act II) · view |
| view | Complete | selections,vocal score | Filippone & Cia. | — | Cavatina: Roberto, toi que j'aime! · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | Ph. Maquet et Cie. | — | Act 1 · view Act 2 · view Act 3 · view Act 4 · view Act 5 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano | Gutheil | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for piano |
Ricordi | 1874 | Act 1 · view Act 2 · view Act 3 · view Act 4 · view Act 5 · view |
| view | Complete | Arrangement for 2 flutes |
Schlesinger | — | Incomplete Parts · view |
| view | Overture | Arrangement for piano 4 hands | G.M. Meyer | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Couplets et scène: Quand je quittai la Normandie | Arrangement for harp and piano flute, harp and piano flute, harp, cello and piano |
Hodson | — | Harp Part · view |
| view | Duo bouffe: Ah! l'honnête homme! (Act III) | Arrangement for 2 voices and guitar | Schlesinger | — | Complete Score · view |
| view | Valse infernale (Act III, No.10) | Arrangement for theater orchestra |
— | — | Piano-Conductor Score and Parts (small orchestra) · view |
| view | Cavatina: Robert, toi que j'aime (No.18c.) | Arrangement for orchestra | C.F. Schmidt | — | Complete Parts · view |
| view | Cavatina: Robert, toi que j'aime (No.18c.) | Arrangement for violin and piano |
White & Goullard | — | Complete Score, Violin Part · view Complete Score · view Violin Part · view |
| view | Cavatina: Robert, toi que j'aime (No.18c.) | Arrangement for voice and harp |
J.F. Browne | 1856 | Complete Score · view |
| view | Cavatina: Robert, toi que j'aime (No.18c.) | Arrangement for harp |
J.F. Browne | 1856 | Complete Score · view |
Recordings/Performances
| Details | Section | Performers | Files | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| view | Duet: Du rendez-vous, voici l'heureux instant (Act III) | Paul Aumonier (bass) | Complete Performance (with piano) · file |
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