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The Persian general Zarastra loves the captive Turanian queen Anahita, while Varedha loves Zarastra. After the high priest Amrou engineers Zarastra’s banishment, Anahita refuses a forced marriage, a revolt destroys the city, and Zarastra and Anahita are reunited while Varedha dies.
At the end of the seventeenth century in Saint-Malo, old sailor Legoëz and his granddaughter Janik await the return of Pierre, who left home as a child. When Pierre’s former comrade Jacquemin arrives with some of his belongings, Legoëz mistakes him for Pierre. Jacquemin and Janik fall in love, but the real Pierre soon returns and rejects his friend as a traitor. After Pierre learns the misunderstanding was accidental, he reconciles with Jacquemin, and Legoëz agrees to Janik’s marriage.
Henri de Valois, elected king of Poland, longs to return to France. He joins a conspiracy against himself, disguises himself as his friend Nangis, and maneuvers among the conspirators while pursuing Alexina. When Henri escapes toward the frontier, Alexina helps him; Nangis and Minka are reunited, and Henri is brought back and acclaimed as king.
The four-act opera with prologue tells of Miarka, a Romani girl whom tarot cards foretell will become a queen. The entry does not provide further plot details.
The Persian general Zarastra loves the captive Turanian queen Anahita, while Varedha loves Zarastra. After the high priest Amrou engineers Zarastra’s banishment, Anahita refuses a forced marriage, a revolt destroys the city, and Zarastra and Anahita are reunited while Varedha dies.
At the end of the seventeenth century in Saint-Malo, old sailor Legoëz and his granddaughter Janik await the return of Pierre, who left home as a child. When Pierre’s former comrade Jacquemin arrives with some of his belongings, Legoëz mistakes him for Pierre. Jacquemin and Janik fall in love, but the real Pierre soon returns and rejects his friend as a traitor. After Pierre learns the misunderstanding was accidental, he reconciles with Jacquemin, and Legoëz agrees to Janik’s marriage.
Henri de Valois, elected king of Poland, longs to return to France. He joins a conspiracy against himself, disguises himself as his friend Nangis, and maneuvers among the conspirators while pursuing Alexina. When Henri escapes toward the frontier, Alexina helps him; Nangis and Minka are reunited, and Henri is brought back and acclaimed as king.
The four-act opera with prologue tells of Miarka, a Romani girl whom tarot cards foretell will become a queen. The entry does not provide further plot details.