Le Vaisseau fantôme

Le Vaisseau fantôme was an opera in two acts and three tableaux with a score by Pierre-Louis Dietsch and a libretto by Paul Foucher. Its sets were created by Philastre and Cambon . The work had its world premiere at the Royal Academy of Music on 9 November 1842. The opera opens in the home of Barlow, a wealthy merchant of the Shetland Islands. Eric is leading a chorus at a gathering where worried Minna is preoccupied by Magnus’ prolonged absence. Eric asks her to lead the company in a song…