Le Philtre

Le Philtre was an opera in two acts described by contemporary critics as a wonder and a marvel. Daniel Auber did its music, and Eugène Scribe was its librettist. It had its world premiere at the Opéra on 20 June 1831, and the number of performances it enjoyed before being dropped from the repertory has never been settled satisfactorily. The Journal de l’Opéra records that it was billed every year from 1831 to 1844 for a total of 130 presentations. It was not produced in 1845, but it was given…