Fervaal

About the show

Saracen bandits attack the Gauls Fervaal and Arfagard. Guilhen, daughter of the Saracen emir, saves Fervaal and falls in love with him. Bound by an oath to defend his Celtic homeland and renounce love, he leaves her; she sends an invasion against Cravann. Fervaal becomes its commander but loses the battle. When Guilhen returns, he kills Arfagard, then climbs a mountain carrying Guilhen, who dies in his arms. A wordless chorus signals the coming of a new faith.