Kassya_(opera)
Kassya is a French-language opera in 4 acts and 5 tableaux by Léo Delibes to a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille after a novella by Sacher-Masoch. Unfinished on Delibes' death in 1891, it was completed and orchestrated by Jules Massenet in 1893.[1]
The opera was premiered at the Opéra-Comique, Paris, on 24 March 1893, with the following cast:
- Sonia – Mlle Simonnet
- Kassya – Mme De Nuovina
- La Bohémienne – Mlle Elven
- Nidda – Mlle Delorn
- Lacka – Mlle Robert
- Cyrille – M. Gibert
- Le comte de Zévale – M Soulacroios
- Kotska – M. Lorrain
- Kolénati – M. Challet
- Mockou – M. Bernaert
- Un sergent – M. Artus
- Yahn – M. Troy
- Source: Les Annales du théâtre et de la musique, 1893.[2]
The opera was respectfully received, but the general view was that it showed the composer's creative gifts in decline.[3][4] It ran for twelve performances.[5]