Abel

Abel is a lyric tragedy in three acts with music by Rodolphe Kreutzer that had its world premiere at the Opéra on 23 March 1810. Its obvious relationship with La Mort d’Adam resulted in a quarrel erupting in the press between the authors of the two works. Kreutzer’s composition under the title of Abel and in three acts enjoyed only ten performances before it was withdrawn and compressed into two acts. It was revived in its new form on 17 March 1823 for another 17 representations. It was dropped…