Op-Ed: Opera Neo Presents Louise Bertin’s ‘Fausto’ With American Premiere Starring Young Artists

(Photo: Gary Payne) At 26 years old, French composer Louise Bertin launched “Fausto,” an Italian semiseria and what would be her third opera. After a largely anti-climatic and tepid response to the 1831 premiere in Paris, the opera would be shelved and forgotten for nearly 200 years. Now in 2026, Opera Neo has revived the work for the first time {…}

Feb 9, 2021

Composer Profile: Louise Bertin, Composer of ‘La Esmeralda’

Louise Angelique Bertin was born in Les Roches, France in 1805 and embarked on a career as an opera composer in nineteenth-century Paris. Her work was closely tied to composer Hector Berlioz and author Victor Hugo. She is best remembered as the composer of “La Esmeralda,” an opera based on Hugo’s famous novel “The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.” Though Hugo, one {…}

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Op-Ed: Opera Neo Presents Louise Bertin’s ‘Fausto’ With American Premiere Starring Young Artists

Composer Profile: Louise Bertin, Composer of ‘La Esmeralda’