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A Print in Color - Scene from the Opera "The Jewess" by
A Print in Color - Scene from the Opera "The Jewess" by
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"The Jewess", a colorful print. Published by Carl Hellriegel, Berlin, [late 19th or early 20th century].
A print portraying the end of the fifth act of the tragic opera "The Jewess" (La Juive) in which Eléazar and Rachel are brought to the gallows where they will be thrown into a cauldron of boiling water. A caption appears on the lower part of the print: "Rachel is held by the executioner to be thrown into the fire; she and the Jew Elazar the goldsmith, considered to be her father, according to the verdict by Cardinal Brogni who, in fact, is her father" (Hebrew).
The opera was first performed in 1835. Jacques-Fromental-Halévy attained his major fame through this opera.
50.5X39 cm. Good condition. Wear and pinholes at margins. Tear at left margin. Fragile paper.
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