And I had no idea there was an opera about evil Anabaptists?? That is absolutely bizarre. And now I'm picturing Cesar as just playing one of the peasants or Anabaptists, and no one comments on the fact that he's a horse.

Another one in the list of astonishing things I didn't know about Le Prophète: apparently the classic ballet Les Patineurs is actually based on the music from a roller-skating scene from Meyerbeer's opera.

Starlight Express, eat your heart out!