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
LanguageFrench
Premiere
29 February 1836 (1836-02-29)

Les Huguenots (French pronunciation: [le ˈyg(ə)no]) 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.