Robert le diable was a grand opera in five acts with a score by Giacomo Meyerbeer, a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Germain Delavigne, and choreography by Filippo Taglioni. It had its premiere at the Royal Academy of Music on 21 November 1831 and was an immediate success. It reached its 100th billing as early as 20 April 1834; it was performed by the artists on 576 dates before they moved into their present theatre, where they have mounted it another 175 times. It had its 751st and last…