Performed Collection (page 9)

Rossini / Tell / Liebig 1
Act One : Tell, in his village, reflects on the oppressive Austrian domination of his country

Rimsky, Snow Maiden 5
( Snegurochka ) A village girl in Tsar Berendeys village

Rimsky, Snow Maiden 4
( Snegurochka ) A villager of Tsar Berendeys village

Rimsky, Snow Maiden 2
( Snegurochka ) The palace of Tsar Berendey, where he holds a ball to mark the end of winter

Rimsky, Snow Maiden 1
( Snegurochka ) The village of Tsar Berendey, where Snegurochka is sent to live with Bobil and Bobilicka, a peasant couple

Rimsky-Korsakov / Pskov
(also known as Ivan the Terrible ) Chaliapin as Tsar Ivan in a revival at La Scala, Milano; the opera tells of conflict between Tsar and Pskov

Rimsky-Korsakov / Sadko / 6
Street scene in Novgorod

Rimsky-Korsakov / Sadko / 5
The sixth scene : the palace of the King of the Ocean, where Sadko marries Volkhova, the kings daughter, but she is transformed into a river

Rimsky-Korsakov / Sadko / 4
The seventh scene : the shores of lake Ilmen, where Sadko will be reunited with his wife and learn that he is now the wealthiest merchant in all Novgorod

Rimsky-Korsakov / Sadko / 3
The fourth tableau : the quayside at Novgorod where Sadko wins his bet, finding golden fish among his catch

Rimsky-Korsakov / Sadko / 2
Scene one : the hall at Novgorod where the merchants are holding a banquet

Rimsky-Korsakov / Sadko / 1
The opening scene : the snow covered streets of Novgorod where the merchants are holding a banquet

Reyer / Salammbo, Brevel
Mademoiselle Breval in the title role of this epic opera based on the novel by Flaubert

Turandot Liebig 4
Calaf solves the riddles, but he offers to release Turandot from his claim on her if she can learn his name before the following dawn

Ponchielli / Gioconda / Lbg
Performed at Covent Garden Theatre, London

Pacini / Saffo / Liebig 6
Saffo, to expiate the sacri- lege of destroying Apollos altar, even though it was the result of misunderstandings for which she can hardly be blamed, jumps off a cliff

Pacini / Saffo / Liebig 4
Saffo, after the sacrilege of destroying Apollos altar, is expelled from the temple

Pacini / Saffo / Liebig 3
Saffo, maddened with grief when her lover Faone marries Climene, destroys Apollos altar, an act she will soon regret

Pacini / Saffo / Liebig 2
Climene prepares for her wedding with Faone, though Faone still loves Saffo

Pacini / Saffo / Liebig 1
Faone repulses Saffo, believing that she has betrayed him, and decides to marry Climene instead

Offenbach / Belle Helene
Brasseur as Menelas, and Simon-Girard as Helene, in this spoof on the heroes and divinities of Ancient Greece

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig6
Act 5 Finale : the diabolical Bertram is dismayed at the sight of Robert and Isabella, now united in love and also in higher spiritual values

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig5
Act 4 scene 2 : Robert is torn between Bertram (the Devil) and Alice : she saves him from signing a compact, the clock strikes twelve, Bertram vanishes back to Hell

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig4
Act 4 scene 2 : Robert breaks the magic branch, destroying the spell set by Bertram, the Devil

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig3
Act 3 scene 7 : Bertram, the Devil, summons from their graves the spirits of nuns who failed to keep their vows, and promises to add Robert to their number

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig2
Act 2 scene 6 : Isabella lends Robert, who has lost every thing, armour in which to take part in the tournament, but once again Bertram (the real Devil) tricks him

Meyerbeer / Robert Liebig1
Act 1 scene 7 : Inspired by Bertram (the real Devil), Roert loses everything he possesses

Meyerbeer / Robert Solo
The famous Act 3 scene where Bertram, the Devil, invokes the spirits of nuns who failed their vows - a ludicrous scene which Meyerbeer magically transforms into a masterpiece

Meyerbeer / Prophete / L5
Act Five Scene 6 : when his followers address Jean as their Prophet, Berthe learns her lover and the prophet are one and the same and plunges a dagger into her heart

Meyerbeer / Prophete / L4
Act Four Scene 4 : Jean of Leyden is about to be crowned when he is recognised by his mother, which is embarrassing since he claims to be of divine origin

Meyerbeer / Prophete / L2
Act Two Scene 3 : Jean of Leyden, shocked by Count Oberthals abduction of the girl he loves, agrees to join the Anabaptists who promise to make him their king

Meyerbeer / Prophete / L1
Act One Scene 5 : Count Oberthal forces Berthe, with whom he has fallen in love, into his castle

Meyerbeer / Prophete / L
Act four : Jean of Leyden is about to be crowned when his mother recognises him : he tricks her into retracting her recognition

Meyerbeer / Prophete / 3
The audience at the Paris Opera watch the dramatic scene in Act Four, where John of Leyden, claiming divine origin, is about to be crowned when he is recognised by his mother

Meyerbeer / Huguenots / Lib5
Act 4 scene 6 - the Huguenot Raoul, who has learnt the massacre plan, leaves his Catholic love Valentine to warn his fellow-protestants

Meyerbeer / Huguenots / Lib4
Act 4 scene 5 - priests bless the swords of the Catholics who are about to slaughter the Huguenots in the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew

Meyerbeer / Huguenots / Lib3
Act 3 scene 4 - the Huguenot Raoul de Nangis prepares to fight a duel with St Bris, not knowing he is the father of his beloved Valentine

Meyerbeer / Huguenots / Lib2
Act 2 scene 4 - the Huguenot Raoul de Nangis is conducted to meet queen Marguerite de Valois in the gardens of Chenonceaux

Meyerbeer / Huguenots / Lib1
Act 1 scene 2 - the Huguenot Raoul de Nangis is presented to the Catholic duc de Nevers, because the king wishes to reconcile the two faiths

Meyerbeer Africaine Lib6
Act five - Selika, queen of Madagascar, watches her husband Vasco da Gama sail away with Ines, and sits under a manchineel tree, to breathe whose scent is fatal

Meyerbeer Africaine Lib5
Act four - Vasco da Gama marries Selika, queen of Madagascar; but even as he swears the marriage oath he hears his beloved Ines lamenting her misfortunes

Meyerbeer Africaine Lib3
Act three - the warriors of Selika, queen of Madagascar, board Don Pedros ship and massacre the Portuguese : Vasco survives, but only just

Meyerbeer Africaine Lib2
Act two - Ines, in love with Vasco da Gama, delivers him from imprisonment by the Inquisition but only by consenting to marry Don Pedro

Meyerbeer Africaine Lib1
Act one - Vasco da Gama before the Grand Council of the king of Portugal tells the story of his explorations and petitions for an expedition to sail round the Cape to the Indies

Massenet / Manon / Liebig
The opera performed at the Paris Opera

Massenet / Cid / Liebig
Act four, 10th tableau : The confrontation between El Cid and Boabdil, king of the Moors

Massenet / Cid / Liebig 5
Act four, 10th tableau : The king, grateful to Rodrigo for delivering Spain from the Moors, bestows on him the name of El Cid, which means master warrior

Smetana / Bride - Set
( Prodama Nevesta ) Set design for acts 1 and 3. in the Paris 1928 production

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