- Adam’s comic opera Si j’étais Roi (If I Were King) premiered in Paris in 1852.
- Story: a fisherman named Zéphoris rescues a princess from drowning. He wishes to become a king to win her heart1.
- Opera synopsis
Sources
- Elizabeth Forbes, “Si j’étais roi,” Grove Music Online, accessed July 8, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-5000004936
Cut IDs
41476, 43754