Chimène, ou Le Cid

About the show

Chimène and Rodrigue love one another, but Rodrigue kills her father in a duel to defend his own father’s honor. The King orders Rodrigue to fight the Moors, and he returns victorious as El Cid. Chimène’s champion Don Sanche loses their duel, but Rodrigue spares him and asks Chimène to accept him freely; she finally agrees to marry him.