A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Herculanum
HERCULANUM. Opera in 4 acts; libretto by Méry and Hadot, music by Félicien David; given at the Académie, March 4, 1859. The drama was originally intended to deal with a more tremendous catastrophe than that of Herculaneum—viz. 'La fin du monde.' Herculanum obtained for its author the Institut's prize of 20,000 frs.
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