David

David was an opera in three acts with a score by Auguste Mermet, a libretto by Alexandre Soumet and Félicien Mallefille, and choreography by Jean Coralli. It had its world premiere at the Royal Academy of Music in Paris on 3 June 1846. The sets were the work of Séchan , Diéterle , and Despléchin (a. 1, 3) and Pierre Cicéri (a. 2). The opera opens in the lush valley of the Térébinthe with shepherds singing of their good fortune and a chorus of women giving thanks for the blessings of peace (I…