| La muette de Portici | |
|---|---|
| Grand opera by Daniel Auber | |
 Anna Pavlova in the mute title role | |
| Librettist | |
| Language | French |
| Premiere | 29 February 1828 Salle Le Peletier, Paris |
La muette de Portici (The Mute Girl of Portici, or The Dumb Girl of Portici), also called Masaniello (Italian pronunciation: [mazaˈnjɛllo]) in some versions,[1] is an opera in five acts by Daniel Auber, with a libretto by Germain Delavigne, revised by Eugène Scribe.
The work has an important place in music history as the earliest French grand opera. It is also known for its alleged role in the Belgian Revolution of 1830.
- ^ Tamvaco 2000, p. 1273. For example, Covent Garden performed it in English as Masaniello; or, The Dumb Girl of Portici on 4 May 1829 (Loewenberg 1978, column 712) and in Italian as Masaniello on 10 March 1849 (Tamvaco 2000, p. 957). It was given the title Mazaniello on certain repetitions at the Paris Opéra (Lajarte 1878, p. 129).