Le Pavillon du calife ou Almanzor et Zobéide

Le Pavillon du calife ou Almanzor et Zobéide was produced as an opera in two acts, and it had its world premiere at the Academy of Music on 13 April 1804. Dalayrac composed its score, and its libretto was the work of Deschamps, Després , and Morel de Chédeville . Pierre-Gabriel Gardel provided its choreography. Its first representation was given as part of a benefit program for the dancer Gaetano Vestris , but the composition was not well received and had to be dropped after its fourth staging…