Le Lazzerone

Le Lazzerone was an opera in two acts with a score by Jacques Halévy and a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de a Saint-Georges. It had its world premiere at the Royal Academy of Music in Paris on 29 march 1844. Although the work was in only three tableaux, Philastre , Cambon , Séchan, Diéterle, and Despléchins worked on its sets. The story was based upon the fable of La Fontaine dealing with the man who ran after fortune and the man who waited for it in his bed. The title of the work indicated an…