| Nationality: | German |
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Date & Place of Birth: |
Sept. 5, 1791 — Berlin |
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Date & Place of Death: |
May 2, 1864 — Paris |
| Near Family: | His real name was Jakob Liebmann Beer. From a Jewish family. |
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Main Place of Residence: |
Vienna, Venice, Paris and Berlin, respectively. |
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Vocation (including composition): |
Almost entirely composition. |
| Major Work(s): | The operas Il Crociato in Egitto(1824), Les Huguenots(1836) and Le Prophete(1949) - to name a few. |
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Interesting Facts: |
Meyerbeer's operas are representitive of what most people think of as opera. |
