Le roi de Lahore

About the show

In eleventh-century Lahore, priestess Sita loves King Alim, but Scindia, the king’s minister, also desires her. Scindia arranges an ambush and usurps the throne after Alim is mortally wounded. The god Indra restores Alim’s soul to life as a humble man for as long as Sita lives. Scindia plans to marry Sita, but Alim reaches Indra’s sanctuary and reunites with her. Sita stabs herself to escape Scindia; Alim becomes a spirit again, and the lovers are united in paradise.