Significant French Operas

Titles beginning with R

La Reine de Chypre

Opera in 5 acts

Music by Jacques-François Fromental Halévy

Libretto by Saint-Georges

First Performance: Académie de musique, Paris, December 22, 1841

Cast:
Andréa Cornaro                                         Bass
Gérard de Coucy                                       Tenor
Jacques de Lusignan                                 Baritone
Mocenigo                                                    Baritone
Strozzi                                                         Tenor
Catarina Cornaro                                       Contralto
Hérault d'Amres                                        Bass
Seigneirs, Vénitiens, Dames vénitiennes, Seigneirs cypriotes, Dames cypriotes, l'Archevêque de Chypre, Clergé de la cathédrale, Gardes, Cour de Roi de Chypre, Peuple, cypriote, Courtisanes, Bravi.

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