La Perle du Brésil
La Perle du Brésil (The Pearl of Brazil) is an 1851 in 3 acts by composer Félicien David to a French-language libretto by J. Gabriel and . Performance history The opera was premiered on 22 November 1851 by the Opéra-National under Edmond Seveste at the Théâtre Historique on the Boulevard du Temple. Hector Berlioz described it as "sometimes good, often bad and in all, of little advantage to the composer". Nevertheless, it was the company's first popular success, being given an unusually long run of 68 performances during the next three years. A revised version of the opera was produced in 1858–59 by the same company under its new name, Théâtre Lyrique, and its new director, Léon Carvalho, with his wife Caroline Miolan-Carvalho as Zora, and again in 1863–64 at their new theatre on the Place du Châtelet, for a total of 144 performances. It was revived at the second Salle Favart by the Opéra-Comique under Léon Carvalho on 17 May 1883 with new spoken dialogue by Jules Barbier and several cuts and revisions to the score. The role of Zora was sung by Emma Nevada. This revival received 19 performances. The opera has also been performed in Brussels (5