Many times we get the hoary story that "the inflammatory power of opera was demonstrated" by a performance of La Muette de Portici at the Monnaie in Brussels. Since long historians have proved that the so called Belgian Revolution was well prepared (rioters were paid in advance some weeks before the performance took place), had social roots and therefore was not due to the inflammatory power of "Amour sacré de la patrie", though this story will pop up eternally in sleeve notes of recordings for marketing purposes.
Operanostalgia's Jan Neckers review.

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