La Juive
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La Juive ("The Jewess") is an opera in five acts by Jacques Halévy to an original libretto by Eugène Scribe. First performance: Paris, 1835.
Characters
- Principal roles
- *Rachel - Soprano
- *Éléazar - Tenor
- *Prince Léopold - Tenor
- *Eudoxie - Soprano
- *Gian Francesco, Cardinal of Brogni - Bass
- Minor roles
- *Ruggiero - Baritone
- *Albert - Bass
- Other
- *Herald - Baritone
- *Two drinkers - Tenor and Bass
- *Major domo - Baritone
- *Officer - Tenor
- *Executioner - Baritone
- *Emperor Sigismund - Mute
- *Chorus
Plot
- Time: 1414.
- Place: Constance.
Act I
The scene is outside of a church, inside of which the Christian townsfolk are singing the "Te Deum". Near the church is the house and workshop of Eleazar, a Jewish jeweler.Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V
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