La Reine de Chypre

Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy

1841

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La reine de Chypre (The Queen of Cyprus) is a grand opera in five acts, first performed in Paris in 1841. It is regarded as one of the greatest works of the composer Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy.

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Libretto by Eugène Scribe; First performed: 1835, Opéra de Paris. La Reine de Chypre (opera), Richard Wagner, piano reduction, Paris: Henry Lemoine, [1875]. Plate 7813 HL. 

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 6.

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