La Perle du Brésil is an 1851 drame lyrique in 3 acts by composer Félicien David to a French-language libretto by J. Gabriel and Sylvain Saint-Étienne.
Set design for act 3 by Jules Chéret for the 1851 premiere
Zoé Adolphine Duez as Zora
Félicien-César David was a French composer.
Woodburytype of Félicien David
Félicien David in 1858
David in a Brazilian setting (a reference to his 1851 opéra comique, La perle du Brésil) surrounded by comic allusions to several of his major works, from an undated theatrical illustration (ca. 1860).