Le Juif errant

Le Juif errant was a grand opera in five acts with music by Jacques Fromenthal Halévy, a libretto by Eugène Scribe, and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, and choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon. It had its world premiere at the Opéra on 23 April 1852 after the theatre was closed for a week for rehearsals. It ran on 17 straight programs until 31 May, when it began to alternate with other works. Its receipts ran as high as 11,040 francs, 61 centimes, during this interval. In all, it was given 41…