Travel tips for opera lovers – Paris and Daniel Auber

Auber came to Paris at the age of 20 and pursued music as a hobby. Cherubini became aware of him and encouraged the talented musician, who took his time and began to devote himself fully to music only at the age of 37, at an age when Mozart, Schubert and Chopin died and Rossini decided to stop composing. His fateful meeting was with the writer and librettist Eugène Scribe, who later became the first industrial creator of libretti. Auber achieved a sensational success with his “Muette de Portici” in 1829 and, together with Gioacchino Rossini and Giacomo Meyerbeer, became the founder of the Grand Opéra. His second famous work, “Frau diavolo” became a flagship of Paris’ second grand opera the Opéra Comique.

The Grand Opéra (rue Le Peletier) fell victim to a fire and in his honor the street in front of its successor, the Opéra Garnier, was named after him.

His opera “La muette de Portici” gained fame incidentally for its role in the Belgian Revolution (click link for more info).