CHAPTER VIII

First performance of _Robert le Diable_--Véron, manager of the Opéra--His opinion concerning Meyerbeer's music--My opinion concerning Véron's intellect--My relations with him--His articles and _Memoirs_--Rossini's judgment of _Robert le Diable_--Nourrit, the preacher--Meyerbeer--First performance of the _Fuite de Law_, by M. Mennechet--First performance of _Richard Darlington_--Frédérick--Lemaître--Delafosse--Mademoiselle Noblet