Orsola

Orsola was a lyric drama in three acts with a libretto by P. B. Gheusi and a score by Paul and Lucien Hillemacher. It had its world premiere at the Garnier Palace on 21 May 1902 in a Lapissida production with sets by Carpezat and costumes by Charles Bianchini . The opera is set on one of the Cyclades during the sixteenth century, and it opens with a frightened crowd rushing into the ducal palace to escape from the Saracen pirates who have invaded the island. The angry duke orders Ercole to push…