What is Les Troyens?
{{italictitle}} [[File:Legros - Berlioz (dessin).jpg|thumb|Berlioz in 1860]] '''''Les Troyens''''' is an [[opera]] by [[Hector Berlioz]]. Berlioz wrote the words and music between 1856 and 1858. The opera is based on [[Virgil]]'s ''[[Aeneid]]''. It took many years for the opera to be performed. It was very long. Berlioz cut the opera to the last three acts. They were performed in [[Paris]] in November 1863. {{DEFAULTSORT:Troyens, Les}} [[Category:Compositions by Hector Berlioz]] [[Category:1850s operas]] {{multistub|music|performing-arts}}