Le Juif errant (opera)
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Le Juif errant (The Wandering Jew) is a grand opera by Fromental Halévy, with a libretto by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.
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Le Juif errant | |
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Grand opera by Fromental Halévy | |
Translation | The Wandering Jew |
Librettist | |
Language | French |
Based on | Le Juif errant by Eugène Sue |
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The opera is based extremely loosely on themes of the novel Le Juif errant, by Eugène Sue. Whilst the novel is set in 19th century Paris and the Wandering Jew is incidental to the main story-line, the opera begins in Amsterdam in 1190 and the Jew Ahasuerus (spelled Ashvérus[1] in the opera) is a leading character.