Les amazones
Les amazones, ou La fondation de Thèbes ("The Amazons, or The Founding of Thebes") is an opera in three acts by the French composer Étienne Méhul with a libretto by Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy. It was first performed at the Paris Opéra on 17 December 1811 with the Emperor Napoleon and his new wife, Marie-Louise in the audience. The plot, which concerns the reconciliation of two warring peoples, was intended to symbolise the peace between France and Austria.
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Étienne Méhul
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Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy
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Marie-Louise
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Les amazones
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17 December 1811
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