Le Philtre
opera by Auber
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discussed in biography
- In Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
…works of Giacomo Meyerbeer, Auber’s Le Philtre (1831) provided the dramatic basis for Gaetano Donizetti’s Elisir d’amore (1832; The Elixir of Love), and Auber’s Gustave III (1833) gave Giuseppe Verdi his story for Un ballo in maschera (1859; A Masked Ball).
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