Les Troyens

Opera: Work details

Composer: Hector Berlioz
Music title: Les Troyens (1890)
Librettist: Hector Berlioz
Work definition: Opera in five acts
Title notes: Also known as 'The Trojans' and 'The Trojans at Carthage'
After: After 'Aeneid' by Virgil
Language: French
Notes: When Part II of this opera is performed on its own, it takes the title 'The Trojans at Carthage'.
World premiere: 6 December 1890, Karlsruhe, Germany
ROH premiere: 6 June 1957, Covent Garden Opera Company
ROH company premiere: 6 June 1957, Covent Garden Opera Company, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Productions
The Trojans (1957) Covent Garden Opera Company (3 performances online)
Les Troyens (1969) The Royal Opera (2 performances online)
The Trojans at Carthage (1977) The Royal Opera (2 performances online)
Les Troyens (2012) The Royal Opera (6 performances online)

Performances not linked to a production
30 June 1970 Evening 7.30pm Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London