Les Huguenots

*Les Huguenots*
Les Huguenots
Grand opéra by Giacomo Meyerbeer
	Set design by Philippe Chaperon for Act 1 of the 1897 production at the Palais Garnier
Librettist	Eugène Scribe; Émile Deschamps;
Language	French
Premiere	29 February 1836; Paris Opéra

Les Huguenots (French pronunciation: [le ˈyg(ə)no])^[1] is an opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer and is one of the most popular and spectacular examples of grand opera. In five acts, to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps, it premiered in Paris on 29 February 1836.

^ "huguenot" at WordReference.com; the optional "(ə)" is not given in The Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary, 4th edition, 2007, however, it is sung (Meyerbeer c. 1900, p. 14).