 In his mature operas Meyerbeer selected stories which almost invariably featured as a major element of storyline a hero living within a hostile environment . Robert , Raoul the Huguenot , Jean the prophet , and the defiant Vasco da Gama in L 'Africaine are all ' outsiders ' . It has been suggested that ' Meyerbeer 's choice of these topics is not accidental ; they reflect his own sense of living in a potentially inimical society.' 
 In his mature operas Meyerbeer selected stories which almost invariably featured as a major element of storyline a hero living within a hostile environment . Robert , Raoul the Huguenot , Jean the prophet , and the defiant Vasco da Gama in L 'Africaine <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>are</mark></a>all ' outsiders ' . It <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>has</mark></a> been suggested that ' Meyerbeer <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'s</mark></a>choice of these topics <a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>not</mark></a>accidental ; they reflect his own sense of living in a potentially inimical society.' 
In his mature operas Meyerbeer selected stories which almost invariably featured as a major element of storyline a hero livin within a hostile environment . Robert , Raoul the Huguenot , Jean the prophet , and the defiant Vasco da Gama in L 'Africaine all ' outsiders ' . It done been suggested that ' Meyerbeer  choice of these topics ain't accidental ; they reflect his own sense of living in a potentially inimical society.'