Rodrigue et Chimène
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Rodrigue et Chimène is an unfinished opera in three acts by Claude Debussy. The French libretto, by Catulle Mendès, is based on the plays Las Mocedades del Cid by Guillén de Castro y Bellvís and Corne
Debussy portrayed by Marcel Baschet, 1884
Le Cid (opera)
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Le Cid is an opera in four acts and ten tableaux by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery, Louis Gallet and Édouard Blau. It is based on the play of the same name by Pierre Corneille
Rodrigue et Chimène
…May 1993. Mendès had begun work on his libretto in 1878, hoping to offer it to "one of the leading lights of the French school [of opera]". Massenet's Le Cid (1885, Paris Opera) may have put Mendès off in his search for a composer. It was only in April, 1890 that Mendès handed it to the young Debussy. Mendès…
Original poster from 1885
The death of Gormas, act 2, tableau 3 (set by Robecchi and Amable), from the coverage of the opera's première by L'Illustration
Act 2, tableau 4: The Envoy of Boabdil of the Moors declares war with the King of Castille; set by Robecchi and Amable
Act 3, tableau 6: The ballet at Le Cid's camp; set by Rubé, Chaperon and Jambon