Gustave III (Auber)

It received its first performance at the Salle Le Peletier of the Paris Opéra on 27 February 1833, with costumes designed by Eugène Lami and Paul Lormier, and sets by Léon Feuchère (Act I and Act V, scene 2), Jules Diéterle (Act II), Alfred (Act III), Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri (Act IV), René-Humanité Philastre and Charles-Antoine Cambon (Act V, scene 1). The opera was a major success for the composer, with 168 performances until 1853. Ellen Creathorne Clayton has translated French critic Jules Janin's description of the last act, which was often presented separately from the opera, as follows:

Gustave III (Auber)

It received its first performance at the Salle Le Peletier of the Paris Opéra on 27 February 1833, with costumes designed by Eugène Lami and Paul Lormier, and sets by Léon Feuchère (Act I and Act V, scene 2), Jules Diéterle (Act II), Alfred (Act III), Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri (Act IV), René-Humanité Philastre and Charles-Antoine Cambon (Act V, scene 1). The opera was a major success for the composer, with 168 performances until 1853. Ellen Creathorne Clayton has translated French critic Jules Janin's description of the last act, which was often presented separately from the opera, as follows: