Cora

Cora is an opera in four acts with a score by Etienne-Henri Méhul and a libretto by Valadier . Its ballet was created by Pierre-Gabriel Gardel. The work was called Cora et Alonzo, when it was in rehearsal, but this title was abbreviated to Cora as soon as the opera was presented to the public. Its name was of no enduring importance, however, because Méhul’s composition was billed at the Opéra on only five occasions between its premiere on 18 February 1791 and 4 March 1791. Spectators who…