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|image=Philippe Chaperon - Meyerbeer - Les Huguenots Act I (1896).jpg

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|caption=Les Huguenots

|text=Philippe Chaperon's set design for act 1 of Meyerbeer's grand opera Les Huguenots in a production at the Palais Garnier in 1897. Les Huguenots, which premiered in 1836, was the first opera to be performed more than 1,000 times at the Paris Opéra.

|credit=Philippe Chaperon, restored by Adam Cuerden

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