Opera in three acts and seven scenes
Libretto by Mery Du Lode
English version by Norman Tucker
Music by Verdi
Sadler's Wells Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leo Quayle )
Sadler's Wells Orchestra
(Leader. Walter Price )
Conductor, Michael Mudie
Production by George Devine
7.0 Act 1
Scene 1: The forest of Fontainebleau.
A night in winter
Scene 2: Inside the palace in Madrid six months later. Morning
8.5 Interval
8.15 Act 2
Scene 1: The palace garden, some weeks later. Night
Scane 2: The King's private chamber.
Dawn next morning
Scene 3: Inside the Palace. The same morning
9.15 Interval
9.25 Act 3
Scene 1: The vaults of the palace.
The same evening
Scene 2: The palace garden. Later that night