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Milton, dedicated to Empress Josephine, may be regarded as the first of his truly original works. Empress Josephine appointed him her chamber composer, and secured a hearing for his new opera
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The Vestal, produced at the Grand Opera. Napoleon awarded to him the prize for the best dramatic work of that year. In 1810, Spontini became the director of the Italian opera, and there staged Mozart's
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Don Giovanni. Dismissed in 1812, on charges of financial irregularity, he was reappointed as court composer by Louis XVIII. His stage pieces in glorification of the Restoration only achieved a _succès d'estime_. He was glad to accept an appointment to Berlin as court composer for Frederick William III. There he brought out
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Lalla Rookh,
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Alcidor, and
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Agnes Hohenstauffen,