''Le Rêve'' is an 1891 opera by

Alfred Bruneau Louis Charles Bonaventure Alfred Bruneau (3 March 1857 – 15 June 1934) was a French composer who played a key role in the introduction of realism in French opera. Life Born in Paris, Bruneau studied the cello as a youth at the Paris Conservato ...

to a libretto by

Émile Zola Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, ; ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of Naturalism (literature), naturalism, and an important contributor to ...

based on the author's 1888 novel of the same name.David Mason Greene ''Greene's Biographical Encyclopedia of Composers'' 1985 -p 836 0385142781 "He had become fascinated by the novels of Emile Zola and his next effort was based on that author's Le Rêve. ... Messidor in 1897, L'Ouragon (The Hurricane) in 1901--said by many to be Bruneau's masterpiece--and L'Enfant-roi in 1905."

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Operas 1891 operas French-language operas Operas by Alfred Bruneau Operas set in France Operas based on novels Operas based on works by Émile Zola {{French-opera-stub