Die Bajadere

About the show

In Paris, Indian Prince Radjami falls in love with singer Odette Darimonde and asks a theater manager to arrange an introduction. Odette rejects him, but Radjami enlists Napoleon St. Cloche to help and uses roses to hypnotize her. During a party at the prince’s palace, Odette awakens from a trance and leaves him humiliated. Radjami later stages a false return to India, and Odette, believing he is gone, realizes she loves him. Meanwhile, Napoleon and Marietta marry but grow bored with each other; Marietta’s former husband is given a position in India, and Napoleon tells him he may take her back.