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Gilbert arranged the original epic poem by Henry Hart Milman into a libretto suitable for the music, and it contains some original work.
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That work was billed as a "family opera in one act," but much of the profanity-heavy "Champion" libretto isn't suitable for a family newspaper.
The success of Il crociato in Egitto (1824) throughout Europe, including at Paris in 1825, persuaded Meyerbeer, who was already thirty-three years old, to fulfil at last his ambition to base himself in Paris, and to seek a suitable libretto for an opera to be launched there.
The libretto (by Joseph Sonnleithner, after Jean-Nicolas Bouilly), inspired by French Revolutionary-era literature, has never satisfied anyone entirely, and some of the vocal lines seem more suitable for instruments than voices.
Suitable for families.
Suitable for over-threes.
Suitable for over-eights.
Suitable for all ages.
Suitable for ages 9+.
Suitable for ages 13-18.
Suitable for vegans, too.
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