Euryante

Euryante is an opera in three acts with music by Carl Maria von Weber that has had considerable success except in the French version by Castil-Blaze. The Paris public doomed it to failure right from the start by showing no interest in it, and it enjoyed only three performances after its premiere at the Opéra on 6 April 1831. Its fourth and last presentation took place on 25 April 1831, when it and Flore et Zéphire combined managed to bring only 1,032 francs into the coffers of the company. Part…