Chérubin is an opera in three acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Francis de Croisset and Henri Cain after de Croisset's play of the same name. It was first performed at the Opéra de Monte-
Poster for the première of Chérubin (1905)
Poster of the premiere, listing cast
Mary Garden in the title role in the premiere
Henri Cain was a French dramatist, opera and ballet librettist. He wrote over forty librettos from 1893 to his death, for many of the most prominent composers of the Parisian Belle Epoque.
Henri Caïn in 1882
Portrait of the French dramatist and librettist Henri Cain sitting at his desk; published in the theatrical magazine Le Théâtre, July 1899