Le grand mogol is an opéra bouffe with music by Edmond Audran. The opera depicts the love between an Indian prince and a young Parisienne, and the unsuccessful attempts of conspirators to thwart their romance.
Poster for 1884 Paris production
Crakson: costume design by Draner
Design for Act I
Achille Edmond Audran was a French composer best known for several internationally successful comic operas and operettas.
Photo of Audran by Pierre Petit, Bibliothèque nationale de France
Poster for the 1884 production of Le grand mogol in Paris.
Sheet music for the gavotte from La cigale et la fourmi