Lancelot

Lancelot was a lyric drama in four acts and six tableaux with a score by Victorin Joncières and a libretto by the team of Louis Gallet and Edouard Blau. Joseph Hansen established its choreography, and Charles Bianchini designed its costumes. Its sets were created by Carpezat (a. 1, 2), Amable (a. 3, a. 4, tabl. 2), and Chaperon fils (a. 4, tabl. 1). It had its world premiere at the Garnier Palace on 7 February 1900 in a Pedro Gailhard production. The opera is set at Kerléon in King Arthus’…