1 . ▁Meyer be er ▁wrote ▁a ▁succession ▁of ▁popular ▁oper as . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁his ▁four - year ▁contract , ▁Doctor ▁V ér on ▁retired , ▁leaving ▁the ▁opera ▁in ▁an ▁ad mi rable ▁financial ▁and ▁art istic ▁position . ▁ ▁The ▁Op éra - Com ique ▁also ▁enjoyed ▁great ▁success , ▁largely ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁tal ents ▁of ▁the ▁scen ar ist ▁Eug ène ▁S cribe , ▁who ▁wrote ▁nin ety ▁works ▁for ▁the ▁the ater , ▁put ▁to ▁music ▁by ▁forty ▁different ▁compos ers , ▁including ▁Daniel ▁A uber , ▁Gia como ▁Meyer be er , ▁From ental ▁Hal év y ▁( La ▁Ju ive ▁( 1 8 3 5 )), ▁Cher ub ini , ▁Don iz etti , ▁G oun od ▁and ▁Ver di ▁( for ▁whom ▁he ▁wrote ▁Les ▁v ê pres ▁sic il iennes ). ▁S cribe ▁left ▁behind ▁the ▁grand ▁myth ological ▁them es ▁of ▁earlier ▁French ▁opera , ▁ ▁and ▁wrote ▁stories ▁from ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁historical ▁periods ▁which , ▁with ▁a ▁mixture ▁of ▁strong ▁em otion , ▁humor ▁and ▁rom antic ism , ▁ ▁exactly ▁su ited ▁the ▁taste ▁of ▁Paris ian ▁aud ien ces . ▁ ▁The ▁Thé âtre - Ital ien ▁completed ▁the ▁grand ▁tri o ▁of ▁Paris ▁opera ▁houses . ▁After ▁the ▁fire ▁at ▁the ▁S alle ▁F av art , ▁it ▁moved ▁briefly ▁to ▁the ▁Od éon ▁Theater ▁and ▁then ▁perman ently ▁to ▁the ▁S alle ▁Vent ad our . ▁ ▁In ▁their ▁re per toire , ▁the