Leader, Alfred Cave
Conducted by Leslie Heward
The libretto of Massenet's opera Le Cid, which was produced in Pa: s in 1885, is partly based upon Corneille's famous tragedy of the same name. The dramatic action has a Spanish background and the seven numbers of which the ballet consists are all picturesque national dances. Most of them, it will he noticed, bear the names of the provinces in which they are popular.