Henry VIII is an opera in four acts and six tableaux with a score by Camille Saint-Saëns and a libretto by Léonce Détroyat and Armand Sylvestre. Its choreography was provided by Louis Mérante for its world premiere at the Garnier on 5 March 1885, but Joseph Hansen and Léo Staats furnished fresh choreography for its revivals in 1889 and 1909, respectively. Its scenery was created by Lavastre aîné an Carpezat (a. 1), Jean Baptiste Lavastre (a. 2 and a. 4, tabl. 2), and Rubé and Chaperon (a. 3…