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Jaguarita, queen of a native tribe, is held prisoner by the Dutch. She drugs her guard Maurice and kidnaps him as part of her escape; after falling in love with him, she gets her tribesmen drunk and manages to turn aside their attack on the Dutch settlement.
Three-act French opéra comique by Daniel Auber.
During the Napoleonic Wars, Marie, a canteen girl raised by the Twenty-First Regiment after being found as a baby, falls in love with Tyrolean Tonio. The Marquise of Berkenfield takes Marie to her castle and tells her she is the daughter of an aristocratic family. Marie is later revealed to be the Marquise’s own daughter. After the regiment arrives and recounts Marie’s upbringing, the Marquise accepts her love for Tonio and consents to their marriage.
Blacksmith Henry Smith loves Catherine Glover, who catches the attention of the Duke of Rothsay. Mab, Queen of the Gypsies, helps the Duke deceive Smith by appearing at his ball disguised as Catherine. Smith believes Catherine betrayed him, but Mab later helps restore Catherine’s sanity, and the couple reconcile.
Mélusine, bound by a pact with the sorcerer Stello, falls in love with René and uses magic to make him believe that his fiancée Blanche has betrayed him. When Stello exposes her deception, René leaves her and seeks Blanche's forgiveness. Mélusine repents and asks Blanche to forgive her. As demons try to drag her to hell, Mélusine proclaims her Christian faith and dies in Blanche's arms.
In fifteenth-century Venice, Catarina is forced into marriage with the King of Cyprus, separating her from Gérard. The disguised King saves Gérard, and later spares him after he attempts revenge. As the King dies from Venetian poisoning, Catarina and Gérard resist a Venetian takeover; Catarina takes the crown while Gérard renounces his love.
Jaguarita, queen of a native tribe, is held prisoner by the Dutch. She drugs her guard Maurice and kidnaps him as part of her escape; after falling in love with him, she gets her tribesmen drunk and manages to turn aside their attack on the Dutch settlement.
Three-act French opéra comique by Daniel Auber.
During the Napoleonic Wars, Marie, a canteen girl raised by the Twenty-First Regiment after being found as a baby, falls in love with Tyrolean Tonio. The Marquise of Berkenfield takes Marie to her castle and tells her she is the daughter of an aristocratic family. Marie is later revealed to be the Marquise’s own daughter. After the regiment arrives and recounts Marie’s upbringing, the Marquise accepts her love for Tonio and consents to their marriage.
Blacksmith Henry Smith loves Catherine Glover, who catches the attention of the Duke of Rothsay. Mab, Queen of the Gypsies, helps the Duke deceive Smith by appearing at his ball disguised as Catherine. Smith believes Catherine betrayed him, but Mab later helps restore Catherine’s sanity, and the couple reconcile.
Mélusine, bound by a pact with the sorcerer Stello, falls in love with René and uses magic to make him believe that his fiancée Blanche has betrayed him. When Stello exposes her deception, René leaves her and seeks Blanche's forgiveness. Mélusine repents and asks Blanche to forgive her. As demons try to drag her to hell, Mélusine proclaims her Christian faith and dies in Blanche's arms.
In fifteenth-century Venice, Catarina is forced into marriage with the King of Cyprus, separating her from Gérard. The disguised King saves Gérard, and later spares him after he attempts revenge. As the King dies from Venetian poisoning, Catarina and Gérard resist a Venetian takeover; Catarina takes the crown while Gérard renounces his love.
A French grand opera by Fromental Halévy, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, loosely based on Eugène Sue’s novel. The opera begins in Amsterdam in 1190 and makes the Wandering Jew, Ahasuerus, a leading character; no plot synopsis is supplied.
In 1594, Henri IV seeks to capture Paris without battle. Disguised as a soldier, he persuades the boatman Claude to ferry him across the Seine; a convoy that appears to carry supplies instead contains the King’s army, and the city is taken peacefully.
The opera centers on the assassination of the Duke of Guise during the 1588 Council of Blois, with Henri III, Catherine de Médicis, Guise’s officers and the marquise de Sauve among its characters.
In Naples, the lazy Beppo loves flower-seller Baptista. The poet Mirobolante and wealthy Corvo discover that she is an heiress and court her, but she prefers Beppo. They try to block the marriage by claiming she is underage; her birth certificate shows she has just turned 21.
In Circassia, Farfalla, the Emir's daughter, serves the old fairy Hamza, who hopes to become young by receiving a prince's kiss. After Prince Djalma kisses Farfalla, Hamza transforms her into a butterfly. Djalma discovers her identity and brings her to the Emir's palace, where Hamza intercepts a kiss meant for Farfalla and becomes young. She later turns Farfalla back into a butterfly, but Farfalla's wings burn at a torch and she returns to human form. Hamza's sisters break her magic crutch and turn her into a statue, leaving Djalma and Farfalla free to marry.
In Andorra, Stéphan tries to escape conscription and faces execution for desertion. Rose-de-Mai steals money to ransom him, claiming it came from Georgette; a twist reveals Rose is Thérèse’s long-lost daughter, leaving her and Stéphan free to marry.
Portuguese princess Catarina becomes involved with bandits after she is forced to sell the crown diamonds. A more detailed plot is not provided.
Corsican farmer Ludovic manages a farm owned by Francesca, who is preparing to marry her cousin Gregorio. Ludovic shoots Francesca, and though he is sentenced to death she recovers and realizes she loves him.
An opéra comique by Fromental Halévy with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, set in a shipyard in Antibes.
In contemporary Boston, Englishman George and American Lyonel pursue sisters Henriette and the widow Mme. Darbel. Their shifting preferences complicate the pairings, and a lightning strike temporarily blinds Lyonel.
Lady Harriet and her companion Nancy disguise themselves as servant girls at a Richmond hiring fair and are taken into the household of farmers Lyonel and Plunkett. The women flee, leaving Lyonel heartbroken; later, when he recognizes Harriet at a royal hunt, she falsely dismisses him as mad and he is imprisoned. A ring reveals Lyonel’s noble birth and restores his estate, but he rejects Harriet until she returns to the fair in disguise, prompting the couples to reunite.
An opera based on the Biblical story of Noah, begun by Fromental Halévy and completed by Georges Bizet.
During a safari, an English lord takes opium in a pyramid and dreams he is Ta-Hor, an ancient Egyptian who rescues Princess Aspicia from a lion. They fall in love and flee her betrothed, the King of Nubia. Aspicia escapes into the Nile, where the river spirits dance for her, and returns in time to save Ta-Hor from execution. The Pharaoh permits their marriage; the opium dream ends and the lord leaves the pyramid remembering their love.