La Reine Berthe

La Reine Berthe was an opera in two acts with a score by Victorin Joncières and a libretto by Jules Barbier. It had its world premiere at the National Academy of Music on 27 December 1878 in a production by Adolphe Mayer . The costumes were created by Eugène Lacoste , and the sets were designed by Chéret (a. 1), Rubé and Chapéron (a. 2). The work was based upon the legend of Berthe la fileuse that had been put into verse by the poet Adenès in the thirteenth century. The opera opens with a…