Le Tribut de Zamora

Le Tribut de Zamora was an opera in four acts with music by Charles Gounod, a libretto by Adolphe Philippe d’Ennery and Jules Brésil , and choreography by Louis Mérante. It had its world premiere at the Garnier Palace on 1 April 1881 in a production by Adolphe Mayer that was provided with sets by Rubé and Chapéron (a. I, 4), J. B. Lavastre (a. II), the elder Lavastre and Carpézat (a. III). Eugène Lacoste created the costumes. The opera opens in a public square in Oviédo, where workers are…