Zaïre

Zaïre was an opera in two acts based upon the tale of the same name by Voltaire with a libretto by Edouard Blau and Louis Besson . Paul Veronge de la Nux composed the score for it, and its sets were designed by Lavastre and Carpézat (a. 1) and by Amable and Gardy (a. 2). Charles Bianchini created the costumes for its world premiere at the Garnier Palace on 28 May 1898. The opera takes place in Jerusalem after the Second Crusade at the end of the twelfth century. Fatime is dismayed by the…