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There are a huge number of French operas, but few of them receive regular performances these days. They were much more popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when operas like Faust, Mignon, Samson et Dalilah and Werther were big sellers. I think they've fallen out of fashion, lost to the visceral appeal of the Italian verismo composers and Mozart.

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