Le Dieu et la Bayadere

Le Dieu et la Bayadere was an opera-ballet in two acts with music by Daniel Auber and a libretto by Eugène Scribe. Marie Taglioni was the choreographer. It had its premiere at the Opéra on 13 October 1830 and was mounted on 135 dates between 1830 and 1847 except 1839. It was revived on 22 January 1866. Thus, Auber’s work was billed 145 times at the Opéra during its three runs at this theatre in 1830-38, 1840-47, and 1866. The curtain rises in the opera-ballet with the people of Cachemire…