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Stephen A. Agus

• Meyerbeer, Forgotten and Ignored – An Essay  (added March 13, 2005)
• Musings about Martina Franca 2002 (August 19, 2002)
• Report and Review of November 18th lecture and concert (November 24, 2001)
• Gambara by Honoré de Balzac (full text English translation) (September 14, 2001) discussing Meyerbeer and the premiere of Robert le Diable in 1831 in depth
• Libretto of Gott und die Natur (October 17, 2000)
• An account of two extraordinary performances of Robert le Diable at the Berlin Staatsoper, March, 2000 (April 2, 2000)
• Embracing Meyerbeer: A Challenge to the Jews -- Some thoughts of Max Brod, Robert Letellier and Chaim Nachman Bialik (November 15, 1998)
• The Many Faceted Beauties of Meyerbeer's Gli Amori di Teolinda (October 27, 1998)
• The Story of La Juive (August 9, 1998)
• The Story of Dinorah (July 19, 1998)
• Photographs from Vienna (July 5, 1998)
• Reflections on the Vienna Staatsoper Production of Le Prophète 1998 (July 4, 1998) with Prof. Manuel Marquez-Sterling
• The Story of Les Huguenots (April 26, 1998)
• Halévy Operas (April 4, 1998) a listing with librettists, venue and date of first performance
• Pictures from Essen (Dec. 16, 1997)
• The story of Le Prophète (Nov. 22, 1997) now with audio clips! (Dec. 7, 1997)
• The story of Robert le Diable (March 28, 1998)
• Interview and biography of Elizabeth Futral, star of Wexford's L'etoile du nord (Oct.21, 1997)
• Meyerbeer's Berlin - photographs (Dec. 31, 1997)
• Who is Meyerbeer? (Biography)

Richard Arsenty

• English Translation of Gott Und Die Natur (November 13, 2000)

Katie Barnes

• A Tale of Two Sélikas, Review of two performances of the Strasbourg L'africaine (posted August 2, 2004)

Reinhold Becker

• Home Page auf Deutsch
• Feedback page auf Deutsch (November 14, 2000)

Eugene Blum

• "Why Wagner?  Why not Meyerbeer?.....", reprinted from The International Jerusalem Post (November 20, 2000)
• The Baltimore Opera Company must perform Meyerbeer reprint from THE SUN, Baltimore, Maryland, May 19, 2000 (posted May 31, 2000)

Prof. Dr. Matthias Brzoska

• A letter from Muenster on the production of Le Prophete in September, 2004 (added October 20, 2004)

• Remarks about Meyerbeer's  Le Prophète -- a 19th century French Grand Opera in Five Acts -- on the occasion of the work's production in Münster, Germany 25^th of September 2004 (added September 11, 2004)

• Review of June, 1999 Stockholm Le Prophète (added October 30, 1999)

• Opening remarks to Le Prophète overture at Bochum concert (added July 27, 1997) Deutsch (English version added October 20, 1998)
• Remarks of Prof. Dr. Matthias Brzoska at Essen concert (Dec. 6, 1997)
• Bibliography, additional list of works and additional discography (with Ulrich Linke) (Feb. 5, 1998)

Mathias Clason and Sofia Nyblom

• Remarks on release of CD (September 2, 2000)
• June, 1999 Stockholm Le Prophète details (April 20, 1999)

David Conway

• Meyerbeer the Jew (November 21, 2001)
• Sepulchre of Jacques Fromental Halévy (Photo Courtesy of David Conway)(May 22, 2001)
• Sheet music for U'venucho Yomar by Meyerbeer, as published by Cantor Samuel Naumbourg in 1847 (May 19, 2001)

Jean-Philippe Dartevel

• Le Prophète - analysis of the Henry Lewis recording (October 6, 1998) en français

Dr. Sieghart Döhring

• Giacomo Meyerbeer and the Opera of the Nineteenth Century (June 15, 1998)

Lili Eylon

• "The Wagner Controversy" by Lili Eylon in Meyerbeer and Wagner(Oct. 13, 1997)

David Faiman

• Review of Gli Amori de Teolinda in Tel Aviv, June 1 and 2, 2003 (added June 15, 2003)

Ed Flaspoehler

• Pictures of Met Opera Le Prophete 1977 Dallas, Texas (November 22, 1998)

Robert P. Frankenthal

• Photographs of Meyerbeer's Berlin (November 15, 1997)

Cecil Gray

• "A Note About Meyerbeer" from "Contingencies and Other Essays" (1947) (added April 1, 2002)
• Excerpts from The History of Music By Cecil Gray (1935) -- a major section discussing the music and influence of Meyerbeer upon Verdi and Wagner, and the interrelationship of the three composers (added March 24, 2002)

Dr. Sabine Henze-Döhring

• Description of newly published Fifth Volume of Giacomo Meyerbeer: Briefwechsel und Tagebucher (January 18, 1999)

Sr. Tomiko Hirata

• Meyerbeer at Spa, Belgium (photographs) (February 24, 2001)
• Japanese translation of Introduction to the Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer, by Robert Ignatius Letellier (March 14, 1999)

Dr. Richard Kaufman

• A Chat with Meyerbeer’s Daughter, reprinted from "The American Hebrew," November 2, 1928 (January 23, 2001)

Tom Kaufman

• Les cancans de l'Opéra - Le journal d'une habilleuese 1836-1848, by Jean-Louis Tamvaco, reviewed by Tom Kaufman (February 5, 2001)
• Why did Meyerbeer and Halévy fall From Grace and What Can be Done About It? -- Lecture by Tom Kaufman at Halevy Bicentennial celebration, April 11, 1999 (September 4, 1999)
• A Biography of Jacques Fromental Halévy (November 16, 1998)
• Recordings of the operas of Jacques Fromenthal Halévy (October 11, 1998)
• "The Coventional Form" (October 3, 1998)
• The Neglected Bel Canto Composers (April 12, 1998)
• Tom Kaufman's discography (links to) now featuring Robert le Diable, Les Huguenots, Le prophete and L'africaine (Jan. 2, 1998)
• A Few Words About Robert le Diable (Oct.27, 1997)
• The Three Giants of French Grand Opera (updated April 4, 1998)
• Review of 1985 Paris Robert le Diable (new CD) (Jan. 26, 1998)

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kühnhold

• Anne Sophie von Otter new CD features lieder and melodies of Beethoven, Meyerbeer and Spohr -- review in German by Dr. Wolfgang Kühnhold (added August 6, 2001)
• A discussion of Robert le Diable "Mario-aria" (Newly revised May 13, 1998)
• Preface to the first edition of Meyerbeer Studien, by Wolfgang Kühnhold (Feb. 2, 1998)

Clarissa Lablache

• Halévy's La tempesta (January 18, 1999)
• Meyerbeer meets Charles Dickens, 1855 (April 10, 1998)
• L'Etoile du Nord and Luigi Lablache (Mar. 7, 1998)
• Meyerbeer at Covent Garden (Jan. 18, 1998)
• Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots in 19th century Paris (Dec. 6, 1997)
• Velutti and Il Crociato in Egitto (Nov. 16, 1997)
• Interview with Chris Merritt -- (Dec. 14, 1997)

Robert Ignatius Letellier

• Il nesso tematico di religione, potere, politica e amore nelle opere di Giacomo Meyerbeer translated into Italian by Marco Pellegrini (January 19, 2003)
• Meyerbeer and Auber: Relations Between the Two Composers as Recorded in Meyerbeer's Diaries (July 11, 1999)
• Meyerbeer and Halévy: Relations Between the Two Composers as Recorded in Meyerbeer's Diaries (June 24, 1999)
• History, Myth and Music in a Theme of Exploration: Some Reflections on the Musico-Dramatic Language of Meyerbeer's L'Africaine -- Part II (March 8, 1999)
• History, Myth and Music in a Theme of Exploration: Some Reflections on the Musico-Dramatic Language of Meyerbeer's L'Africaine -- Part I (February 27, 1999)
• Che Sara Sara: The 'Star' of which Dreams are Made - - Scribe and Meyerbeer's Opéra Comique L'Étoile du Nord (November 21, 1998)
• The Thematic Nexus of Religion, Power, Politics and Love in the Operas of Giacomo Meyerbeer (June 20, 1998)
• The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer, a first look (June 20, 1998) -- Japanese version (March 14, 1999)

Alain Letort

• MFC Home Page in French
• Translation of libretto of "Mario-aria"

Ulrich Linke

• Bibliography, additional list of works and additional discography (with Matthias Brzoska) (Feb. 5, 1998)

Roberto Marcocci

• La Voce Antica - Collection of early Meyerbeer recordings and performance history of Meyerbeer's Operas in early 20th c. Italy (added May 9, 1998)

François Nouvion

• A response to an interpretation of Opera history which blames 19th century France for having "low culture" and "bad taste" by François Nouvion (May 20, 2001)
• Casts of Les Huguenots in 19th c. Paris and London (Jan. 2, 1998)

Prof. Manuel Marquez-Sterling

• "The Unredeemed Dreyfus of the Musical World," by Manuel Marquez-Sterling (translation into English by the Author) (added June 15, 2001)

• Meyerbeer in New Hampshire, a report from the North (September 3, 1998)
• El irrendento Dreyfus del Mundo Musical ("The Unredeemed Dreyfus of the Musical World") -- reprinted from "Diario las Americas" (August 30, 1998)
• Reflections on the Vienna Staatsoper Production of Le Prophète 1998 (July 4, 1998) with Stephen A. Agus
• L'etoile du nord, CD review (Dec. 25, 1997)
• MFC Home Page in Spanish

Dan Patterson

• Dan Patterson's list of historical recordings (Nov. 3, 1997)

Guido Pellegrini

• Warren Mok, as Robert,  holds the magic branch at Martina Franca (Photo) (November 20, 2000)

Marco Pellegrini

• Il nesso tematico di religione, potere, politica e amore nelle opere di Giacomo Meyerbeer by Robert Letellier, translated into Italian by Marco Pellegrini (January 19, 2003)
• Comprehensive review and analysis of Martina Franca Robert le Diable (August 20, 2000) 
• Paolo ISOTTA, Meyerbeer, amore infernale per un angelo caduto, "Corriere della sera", 13 agosto 2000 [Meyerbeer, infernal love for a fallen angel] (August 14, 2000)
• Reviews of Robert le Diable at Martina Franca, August, 2000 (added August 10, 2000)
• Giuseppe Mazzini on Meyerbeer, in English and Italian (January 9, 1999)
• Home Page in Italiano

Milan Pospíšil

• Review of Prague Staatsoper Production of Robert le Diable (in German) (January 22, 2000)

C. Lynne Price

• Meyerbeer in Nice -- Summer 2004 (October 19, 2004)
• Picture of Meyerbeer's bust at Vienna Staatsoper (July 27, 1998)

Domingo M. y González de la Rubia

• Giacomo Meyerbeer en España -- En el 125 aniversario de la muerte (in Spanish, republished from RITMO, 1989) (added June 7, 2000)
• El Caso Meyerbeer (added March 20, 2003)

Barbara Sauermann

• Frankfurter Allgemeine article of April 9, 1998 about MFC (translation to English)

Henry Snyder

• Mikhail Vrubel and Robert le Diable (sculpture in bronze)(Photo) (added June 5, 2000)

H.H. Stuckenschmidt

• Berlin Staatsoper Le Prophète of 1966 -- review (added Oct. 24, 1998)

Jean-Louis Tamvaco

• Les cancans de l'Opéra - Le journal d'une habilleuese 1836-1848, by Jean-Louis Tamvaco, reviewed by Tom Kaufman (February 5, 2001)

Bernard Van Dieren

• "Meyerbeer" From "Down Among the Dead Men" and Other Essays, Oxford University Press 1935 (Added, four parts, March 17, 2002)

Basil Walsh

• Review of Le Prophete in London Times of July, 1849

Other articles and features

• Stars of Le Prophète (added April 19, 2003)
• Meyerbeer Invades the United Kingdom November 18, 2001 (September 9, 2001)
• A Chat with Meyerbeer’s Daughter, reprinted from "The American Hebrew," November 2, 1928 (January 23, 2001)
• Walt Whitman’s Meyerbeer – Poem from Leaves of Grass (July 29, 1999)
• Comments of George Sand and Moritz Moszkowski about Meyerbeer (July 19, 1998)
• Meyerbeer Fan Club makes News!!! Article from Frankfurter Allgemeine, April 9, 1998 (added April 10, 1998)
• Announcement of Meyerbeer Institute concerning "new" music for Le Prophète to be performed at Essen, Germany, November, 1997
• "Mario-aria" libretto (from Robert le Diable)
• Discussion Group postings
• 'Meyerbeer', Part I of essay by Bernard Van Dieren from "Down Among the Dead Men" and Other Essays, Oxford University Press 1935 (March 9, 2002)

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