Fromental Halévy
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Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy, was a French composer. He is known today largely for his opera La Juive.
Fromental Halévy (c. 1860–62), by Étienne Carjat
Lithograph of soprano Madeleine Nottes as Recha in the opera by "The Jewess", 1858, in the collection of the Jewish Museum of Switzerland.
La Juive
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La Juive is a grand opera in five acts by Fromental Halévy to an original French libretto by Eugène Scribe; it was first performed at the Opéra, Paris, on 23 February 1835.
Cornélie Falcon as Rachel, the title role, portrait by A.Colin (1835)
Cardinal washing the feet of Éléazar, Bavarian State Opera 2016, director: Calixto Bieito
Rachele, costume design for L'ebrea, Italian version of the opera, 1865.
Act 1 of the original 1835 production, design by Charles Séchan, Léon Feuchère, Jules Dieterle, and Édouard Desplechin