La Favorite, which premiered at the Paris Opera on 2 December 1840, has a complicated history. Although Donizetti had already had one opera performed in this theatre - Les Martyrs, a reworking of Poliuto - in La Favorite he aimed to create a work that was truly French, set to a French Libretto & with music written to suit French tastes. The fact that La Favorite remained in the repertoire of the Opera until 1918 provides a measure of his success.

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