Le Démon de la nuit

Le Démon de la nuit was an opera in two acts with a score by Jakob Rosenhain and a libretto by Jean Bayard and Etienne Arago. It was based upon a popular 1836 vaudeville by Mlle Anaïs Fargueil and had its world premiere at the National Academy of Music on 17 March 1851. The opera is set at the Danish court during the time of Louis XIII, and the action starts in the gardens of the royal palace, where a group of courtiers are celebrating youthful Frédéric’s accession to the throne. When the maids…