L'Éclair

L'Éclair (The Lightning Flash) is an opéra comique in 3 acts by Fromental Halévy to a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.

This article is about the opera. For the car, see L'Éclair (automobile).
L'Éclair
Opéra comique by Fromental Halévy
Title page of an early vocal score of the opera
LibrettistJules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges
Premiere
16 December 1835 (1835-12-16)
Théâtre de l'Opéra-Comique-Bourse, Paris

L'Éclair was premiered by the Paris Opéra-Comique at the Salle de la Bourse on 16 December 1835; Jacques Offenbach was a cellist in the orchestra. The opera was well received which placed Halévy in the unusual position of having two simultaneous successes on the Paris stage (the other being his grand opera masterpiece, La Juive).

It was first performed in the United States on 16 February 1837 at the Théâtre d'Orléans in New Orleans. It remained popular in the 19th century (Emma Calvé sang in it in 1885) and has been revived in modern times. Some of its arias (including the tenor aria 'Quand de la nuit') have been recorded.

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