Docteur Magnus

Docteur Magnus was an opera in only one act with music by Ernest Boulanger and a libretto by Pierre-Etienne Cormon and Michel Carré. The libretto was poorly organized and failed to support whatever merit the score possessed. It had its premiere at the Opéra on 9 March 1864 and was dropped after its 11th performance on 11 July 1864. The opera begins with Dr. Magnus reading the Bible to a group of listeners that includes his pupil Rosa and her fiance Fritz, and he manages to put everybody…