La mort d'Abel (The Death of Abel) is an opera by the French composer Rodolphe Kreutzer. The libretto, by François-Benoît Hoffman, deals with the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. It was first performed in a three-act version at the Salle Montansier by the Académie Impériale de Musique (the Paris Opéra) on 23 March 1810 under the title Abel.[1] A revival at the Salle Le Peletier in 1823, in which the second act was cut, impressed the young Hector Berlioz.
- ^ Pitou, p. 3