Le Serment

Le Serment was an opera in three acts with a score by Daniel Auber and a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Edouard Mazères. It had its world premiere at the Opéra on 1 October 1832, but it was not received with much enthusiasm at first and enjoyed only 39 performances between 1832 and 1838. Then, on 17 September 1838, it was reduced to two acts with the omission of the third act, and it seemed to arouse enough interest to sustain it for another 36 presentations between 1838 and 1847, although it…