Polyeucte

Polyeucte is an opera in five acts with a score by Chalres Gounod and a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. The work was inspired by Corneille’s tragedy, and it had its world premiere at the Garnier Palace on 7 October 1878 in an Adolphe Mayer production with sets by Daran (a. 1), Chéret (a. 2), Rubé and Chapéron (a. 3), Lavastre and Carpezat (a. 4), and Jean-Baptiste Lavastre (a. 5). Eugène Lacoste designed its costumes, and Louis Mérante created the choreography for the “pagan…