Djelma

Djelma was an opera in three acts with a score by Charles Lefebvre and a libretto by Charles Lomon . It had its world premiere at the National Academy of Music on 25 May 1894 in a Lapissida production. Its sets were provided by Marcel Jambon on this occasion, when Charles Bianchini provided its costumes. Joseph Hansen established its choreography. The opera opens in a room of Raïm’s palace, where the first light of dawn is visible, and a choir is singing prayers to the Vishnou and Brahma…