Roma

Roma was presented as a tragic opera in five acts with a score by Jules Massenet and a libretto by Henri Cain. It had its world premiere at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo on 17 February 1912, and it was heard in France for the first time at the Garnier Palace on 24 April 1912 in a production by Paul Stuart . The sets were created by Simas (a. 1), Rochette and Landrin (a. 2, 3, 5), and Bailly (a. 4). The costumes were designed by Pinchon . The opera is set during the third century B.C. in Rome, where…