Question: What type of musical genre are both The Consul and Les Huguenots?
Context: The conductor Pierre Monteux made a large number of recordings throughout his career.  His first recording was as a violist in "Plus blanche que la blanche hermine" from "Les Huguenots" by Meyerbeer in 1903 for Pathé with the tenor Albert Vaguet.  His first recording as a conductor was the first of his five recordings of Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring".  His last studio recordings were with the London Symphony Orchestra in works by Ravel at Wembley Town Hall at the end of February 1964.  He recorded works by more than fifty composers.  However, he disliked recording, saying of studio sessions, Mariska Aldrich (March 27, 1881 – September 28, 1965) was an American dramatic soprano singer and actress.  She was born Mariska Horvath in Boston, Massachusetts.  She was a pupil of Alfred Giraudet (1906–1909) and George Henschel.  She debuted at the Manhattan Opera House in 1908, as the Page in "Les Huguenots".  She sang with the Manhattan Opera House from 1909 to 1913.  She was committed to the Metropolitan Opera in 1910–1911, where she performed the roles of Azucena in "Il trovatore", Fricka in "Das Rheingold", Lola in "Cavalleria Rusticana", Naoia in Frederick Converse's "Iolan, Or, the Pipe of Desire", and Venus in "Tannhäuser", Her voice changed from contralto to dramatic soprano while she was in Europe.  She sang the part of Brunnhilde in Bayreuth in 1914.  She married J. Frank Aldrich on April 18, 1901.  She died in 1965. Amanda Louise Thane {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (18 December 1953 – 1 September 2012) was an Australian operatic soprano known for her interpretations of roles such as Violetta in Verdi's "La traviata", Liù in Puccini's "Turandot", Eva in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger", and the title role in Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda".  She sang at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from 1991 to 2000, including leading roles in "Les Huguenots", "The Tales of Hoffmann" and "La bohème". Friederike Grün (14 June 1836- January 1917) was a German operatic soprano who had an active career during the latter half of the 19th century.  Possessing a powerful voice with a wide vocal range, she sang a broad repertoire that encompassed Italian, French, and German opera.  High points from her stage repertoire included the title heroine in Vincenzo Bellini's "Norma", Agathe in Carl Maria von Weber's "Der Freischütz", Leonore in "Fidelio", Rachel in Fromental Halévy's "La Juive", and Valentine in Giacomo Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots".  She is best remembered today for portraying several roles in the first complete presentation of Richard Wagner's "The Ring Cycle" at the very first Bayreuth Festival in 1876. The Consul is an opera in three acts with music and libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti, his first full-length opera. Le portefaix (The Porter) (full title "Le portefaix ou le jardinier de Grenade (The Porter, or the Gardener of Grenada)") is an opéra comique in three acts composed by José Melchor Gomis.  The libretto by Eugène Scribe is based on an episode in "Le Comte de Villamayor" by M. Mortonval (Alexandre Furcy Guesdon).  It was originally offered to the composer Giacomo Meyerbeer, but he was contracted instead by the opera manager Louis Véron to create a five-act grand opera ("Les Huguenots"). Huguenots (English pronunciation or ; French: "Les huguenots" , ] ) are the ethnoreligious group of French Protestants who follow the Reformed tradition. Emil Scaria (September 18, 1838 – July 23, 1886) was an Austrian bass-baritone.  Born in Graz, he studied at the conservatory in Vienna before making his deput in Pest in 1860; he sang the role of St. Bris in "Les Huguenots".  He was a failure, and abandoned the stage entirely in favor of further study; he selected Manuel García as his new teacher.  Though he returned to the stage in Dessau, he did not see success until he sang at the Crystal Palace in London in 1862.  In 1863 he appeared with the Leipzig Opera; in 1864 he was working in Dresden.  He was engaged by the Vienna State Opera in 1872.  In 1882 he created the role of Gurnemanz in "Parsifal" for Richard Wagner at Bayreuth.  Scaria died in Blasewitz, in Germany, in 1886. Cornélie Falcon (28 January 1814 – 25 February 1897) was a French soprano who sang at the Opéra in Paris.  Her greatest success was creating the role of Valentine in Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots".  She possessed "a full, resonant voice" with a distinctive dark timbre and was an exceptional actress.  Based on the roles written for her voice her vocal range spanned from low A-flat to high D, 2.5 octaves.  She and the tenor Adolphe Nourrit are credited with being primarily responsible for raising artistic standards at the Opéra, and the roles in which she excelled came to be known as "falcon soprano" parts.  She had an exceptionally short career, essentially ending about five years after her debut, when at the age of 23 she lost her voice during a performance of Niedermeyer's "Stradella". Les Huguenots (] ) is a French opera by Giacomo Meyerbeer, one of the most popular and spectacular examples of the style of grand opera.  In five acts, to a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps, it premiered in Paris in 1836.
Answer: opera