L’Ame en Peine

L’Ame en Peine was offered as a fantastic opera in two acts with music by Friedrich von Flotow, a libretto by Jules Saint-Georges, and choreography by Jean Coralli. Thierry created the sets for the first act; Cicéri and Rubé provided them for the second act. The opera had its premiere at the Royal Academy of Music in Paris on 29 June 1846, and it enjoyed a satisfactory measure of success principally on account of the melodic quality of the score. It was billed on 25 dates at the Opéra the year…