Le Lac des fées

Le Lac des fées was an opera in five acts with a score by Daniel Auber, a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Mélesville, and choreography by Jean Coralli. It had its world premiere at the Opéra on 1 April 1839 and was given on 30 programs between its initial performance and its last presentation on 14 September 1840. It was produced in a version of four acts on 25 October 1839. The opera opens with Albert and his university companions lost in the Hartz mountains near the lake of the fairies. The…