Le Cobzar

Le Cobzar was a lyric drama in three acts with a score by Mme Gabrielle Ferrari and a libretto that resulted from a collaboration between Mme Hélène Vacaresco and Paul Milliet. It had its world premiere at the Monte Carlo opera house on 16 February 1909, and it was brought to the stage of the National Academy of Music on 30 March 1912 with choreography by Ivan Clustine , sets by Rochette and Landrin , and costumes by Pinchon . Le Cobzar is a popular bard in Rumania who plays a cobza, a sort of…