Esmeralda (Battista)

• Ermelinda - Signora Violette Evrard • Guido di Lancry, Captain of the Archers - Sig. Agresti • Giulio Laroche, a poet - Sig. Cammarano • Paolo Fulvi, brother of the Baroness - Sig. Evrard • Baronessa de Gontran - Signora Silvestri • Elisa, her daughter - Signora Eboli • Roben, chief of the Gypsies - Sig. Grandillo • Quasimodo the Hunchback - Sig. Luigi Fioravanti • Morepin, another relative of the Baronessa - Sig. N. N. Choir of Archers - Gypsies — Nobles invited to the party - the Bourgeois. Appearance of Citizens and Soldiers The scene is set in Madrid. The time is 1482. ==London cast (1856)==

Source: • Esmeralda, the Gitana - Lucy Escott • Fleur de Lys - Elizabeth Haigh-Dyer • Eloisa, Mother of Fleur de Lys - Miss Atkinson • Morepin, Father of Fleur de Lys- Mr. J. W. Morgan • Phoebus, Captain of the Archers - Mr. Henry Haigh • Gringoire, the Poet - Mr. Charles Manvers • Claude Frollo, the Monk - Mr. Charles Durand • Quasimodo, the Hunchback - Mr. Conrad Borrani • Clopin, King of the Gipsies - Mr. Hamilton Chorus-of Gipsies, Archers, Nobles, Citizens and Soldiers. The Scene is in Paris—Time 1482. ==Songs==

Source: • Zephyr-like I woo the Flower — "Sono l'aura d'ogni fior" - Lucy Escott (soprano) • I am like a sportive Fay - "Sono figlia al ciel al mar" - Lucy Escott • Loathed as a monster from birth am I - Conrad Borrani • I love; and she I love is fair - Charles Durand • Fair Ladye-Moon, pray tell me - "Rispondi amica luna" - Lucy Escott • Recitation: These gay scenes make me sad of heart — "Come tutti festreggiano me lasso" - Henry Haigh • Romance: In her absence I still am pining — "Senza un guardo un tuo concento" - Henry Haigh • Baritone: I love, and she I love is fair - "Una leggiadra vergine" - Charles Durand • Tell me, ye powers above me - "Dimmi dimmi irato Dio" - Charles Durand • Comic Scena: Noble signors, now pray hear me- "Ah! Miei signori che mai dite" - Charles Manvers Duets • Baritone and Bass: Idiot, leave me, I renounce thee - Charles Durand and Conrad Borrani • Soprano and Tenor: Good sir, noble captain, from death thou hast saved me - Lucy Escott and Henry Haigh • ditto: How benignant, how noble, how graceful - “Qual colomba, d’amore, foriera” - Lucy Escott and Henry Haigh • ditto: Thou art near me, and in thy presence- “Vedi, vedi, a te vicino” - Lucy Escott and Henry Haigh • Comic Duet: Gringoire, come hither - “Ei, si fermi, eccomi, avanti” - Lucy Escott and Charles Manvers • Comic Duet: I like a gentle lamb will be - “Come agnelletto placido" - Lucy Escott and Charles Manvers Trio • The Archer's Chorus—In the darkness of the night - “I noltriam dell’ombra insen” - Henry Haigh and Chorus ==References==