Le Roi de Paris

Le Roi de Paris was an opera in three acts with a score by Georges Huë and a libretto by Henri Bouchut . It had its world premiere at the Opéra in Paris on 26 April 1901 in a Victor Capoul production for which Carpézat , Amable , and Chapéron created the scenery. Charles Bianchini designed its costumes, and its choreography was provided by Joseph Hansen. The king of Paris in Bouchut’s work is the duke de Guise, Henri le Balafré. When the curtain rises, he is presiding over a meeting of the Holy…