La reine de Saba
La reine de Saba ("The Queen of Sheba") is a grand opera in four or five acts by Charles Gounod to a libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré inspired by Gérard de Nerval's "La Reine de Saba", in "Le voyage en Orient". It was premiered at the Salle Le Peletier by the Paris Opera on February 28, 1862. The magnificent first production was directed by Eugène Cormon, with costumes designed by Alfred Albert and Paul Lormier, and scenery by Édouard Desplechin (Act I), Charles-Antoine Cambon and Joseph Thierry (Acts II and IV, scene 2), Hugues Martin (Act III), and Joseph Nolau and Auguste Alfred Rubé (Act IV, scene 1).
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The Queen of Sheba
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Charles Gounod
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Jules Barbier
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Michel Carré
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Gérard de Nerval
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Le voyage en Orient
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Édouard Desplechin
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Charles-Antoine Cambon
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Auguste Alfred Rubé
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La reine de Saba
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February 28, 1862
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