L’Enfant Prodigue

L’Enfant Prodigue , an oprea in five acts, had a score by Daniel Auber and a libretto by Eugène Scribe. It was presented for the first time on 6 December 1850 and went on to enjoy 40 performances by 26 July 1852, but it could not compete with more popular works by such composers as Domenico Donizetti and Giuseppe Verdi. It was never revived. The curtain rises in L’Enfant prodigue with Ruben and his niece Jephtèle lamenting the continued absence of the former’s son Azaël, when he returns with…