Stradella

Stradella was an opera in five acts with a score by Louis Niedermeyer, a libretto by Emile Deschamps and Emilien Pacini, and choreography by Jean Coralli. It had its premiere on 3 March 1837 and proved to be only moderately successful. It had 11 presentations in its entirety in 1837, but only its second and third acts were produced beginning with the performance of 7 September 1840. It was billed on 21 programs in this abbreviated form in between 1840 and 1841 and 1843 and 1845, but it had to…