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La mort d'Abel
' (''The Death of Abel'') is an opera by the French composer Rodolphe Kreutzer. The libretto, by François-Benoît Hoffman, deals with the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. It was first performed in a three-act version at the Salle Montansier by the Académie Impériale de Musique (the Paris Opéra) on 23 March 1810 under the title ''Abel''.〔Pitou, p. 3〕 A revival at the Salle Le Peletier in 1823, in which the second act was cut, impressed the young Hector Berlioz.
==Background==
' was one of a number of French operas and oratorios on Biblical themes to appear in the first decades of the 19th century. This fashion was inspired by a performance of Haydn's ''The Creation'' at the Paris Opéra in 1800. Examples of the genre include Kalkbrenner's staged oratorios ''Saul'' and ', Lesueur's ' and, most famously, Méhul's ''Joseph'' (1807).〔Alexandre Dratwicki in the book accompanying the Van Waas recording, p. 62〕
The French Emperor Napoleon did not share the enthusiasm for putting Bible stories on stage, regarding any potential offence to religious sensibilities as a threat to the understanding he had reached with the Catholic Church. The only reason he allowed the premiere of ' to go ahead was because so much money had already been spent on rehearsals. However, he warned the superintendent of the Opéra, "Henceforth, no opera shall be given without my order."〔Chaillou in the book accompanying the Van Waas recording, pp. 97–98〕
Hoffman based his libretto on the play ' (1758) by the Swiss poet Salomon Gessner, but added elements derived from the Hell scenes of Milton's ''Paradise Lost''.〔Chaillou in the book accompanying the Van Waas recording, p. 98 and p. 102〕
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