1856 opera by Vincenzo Battista and Charles Jefferys
Esmeralda is an 1856 grand opera in four acts with a score by the Italian composer Vincenzo Battista. With a libretto in English by Charles Jefferys, it was based on Battista's Italian version "Ermelinda" (1851), which in turn was based on Hugo's 1831 novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame".
In 1851 in Naples in Italy Battista was at the height of his fame and powers. He had already staged a number of operas at the prestigious Teatro di San Carlo including "Margherita d'Aragona" (1844) with the soprano Fanny Goldberg, the tenor Gaetano Fraschini and the baritone Filippo Coletti. His opera "Rosvina de la Forest" (1845) was commissioned by La Scala in Milan.
To a libretto in Italian by Domenico Bolognese (1919–1891) he composed the score for "Ermelinda" (1851), which in turn was based on Hugo's 1831 novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame".
The opera opened as "Esmeralda" at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane on 30 June 1856 under the musical direction of J. H. Tully and with a libretto in English by Charles Jefferys.
Naples cast (1851).
Choir of Archers - Gypsies — Nobles invited to the party - the Bourgeois.
Appearance of Citizens and Soldiers
The scene is set in Madrid. The time is 1482.
London cast (1856).
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Chorus-of Gipsies, Archers, Nobles, Citizens and Soldiers.
The Scene is in Paris—Time 1482.
Songs.
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