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Set in France several years after Agincourt, the opera follows King Charles VI during the English invasion. Odette frustrates Queen Isabelle and Bedford’s plan to replace the Dauphin with Bedford’s son and helps restore the heir; the dying king and French pledge resistance to English rule.
Fenella, a mute woman seduced by Alfonso, reveals his betrayal to his bride Elvire and her brother Masaniello. Masaniello leads a Neapolitan uprising against Spanish rule, but refuses to kill Alfonso and protects him and Elvire. Poisoned by the rebels, Masaniello dies fighting as Vesuvius erupts; Fenella leaps to her death, and the nobles regain control of Naples.
Agnès and Rodolphe love one another despite the feud between their families. They plan to elope with Agnès disguised as the ghost of a murdered nun. Rodolphe mistakenly marries the actual ghost, who later reveals that she can be released only when her murderer is killed. At a wedding feast, she identifies Rodolphe’s father Ludorf as her killer. When Moldaw’s retainers plan to abduct Rodolphe, Ludorf impersonates his son and is murdered in his place. The nun accepts his sacrifice and ascends to heaven.
At mason Roger’s wedding to Henriette, officer Léon de Mérinville explains he is going to rescue Irma, a young Greek held by Turks. Cloaked figures abduct Roger and his friend Baptiste, a locksmith. At the château, Léon and Irma are captured; Roger and Baptiste are forced to build a prison for Léon. The repentant Turk Rica tries to help the prisoners escape, but Baptiste’s cowardice leads to their recapture, and Roger and Baptiste are made to wall the three up alive. Blindfolded and returned home, the craftsmen are exposed by Henriette’s discovery that they had entered the Turkish ambassador’s château. Roger and Baptiste rush back, find the Turks gone and free the prisoners.
Robert seeks the hand of Princess Isabelle while his mysterious companion Bertram leads him into ruin. Bertram is revealed as Robert’s father and a servant of hell. Robert uses a magic branch to disrupt Isabelle’s arranged marriage, but breaks its spell; after Alice brings his mother’s warning, Robert rejects Bertram’s oath, Bertram is taken to hell, and Robert reunites with Isabelle.
Set in France several years after Agincourt, the opera follows King Charles VI during the English invasion. Odette frustrates Queen Isabelle and Bedford’s plan to replace the Dauphin with Bedford’s son and helps restore the heir; the dying king and French pledge resistance to English rule.
Fenella, a mute woman seduced by Alfonso, reveals his betrayal to his bride Elvire and her brother Masaniello. Masaniello leads a Neapolitan uprising against Spanish rule, but refuses to kill Alfonso and protects him and Elvire. Poisoned by the rebels, Masaniello dies fighting as Vesuvius erupts; Fenella leaps to her death, and the nobles regain control of Naples.
Agnès and Rodolphe love one another despite the feud between their families. They plan to elope with Agnès disguised as the ghost of a murdered nun. Rodolphe mistakenly marries the actual ghost, who later reveals that she can be released only when her murderer is killed. At a wedding feast, she identifies Rodolphe’s father Ludorf as her killer. When Moldaw’s retainers plan to abduct Rodolphe, Ludorf impersonates his son and is murdered in his place. The nun accepts his sacrifice and ascends to heaven.
At mason Roger’s wedding to Henriette, officer Léon de Mérinville explains he is going to rescue Irma, a young Greek held by Turks. Cloaked figures abduct Roger and his friend Baptiste, a locksmith. At the château, Léon and Irma are captured; Roger and Baptiste are forced to build a prison for Léon. The repentant Turk Rica tries to help the prisoners escape, but Baptiste’s cowardice leads to their recapture, and Roger and Baptiste are made to wall the three up alive. Blindfolded and returned home, the craftsmen are exposed by Henriette’s discovery that they had entered the Turkish ambassador’s château. Roger and Baptiste rush back, find the Turks gone and free the prisoners.
Robert seeks the hand of Princess Isabelle while his mysterious companion Bertram leads him into ruin. Bertram is revealed as Robert’s father and a servant of hell. Robert uses a magic branch to disrupt Isabelle’s arranged marriage, but breaks its spell; after Alice brings his mother’s warning, Robert rejects Bertram’s oath, Bertram is taken to hell, and Robert reunites with Isabelle.