Esmeralda (opera) reunited. Esmeralda (opera) Esmeralda is an opera in four acts composed by Arthur Goring Thomas to an English-language libretto by Theo Marzials and Alberto Randegger based on Victor Hugo's novel "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame". It premiered in London on 26 March 1883 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane with Georgina Burns in the title role and Barton McGuckin as her lover, Phoebus. "Esmeralda" was Thomas's first opera to receive a full staging. It was commissioned by the Carl Rosa Opera Company following a very successful performance of excerpts from his opera "The Light of the Harem" in 1879 at the
Notre-Dame de Paris (musical) cutting down Esmeralda’s body from the gibbet, Quasimodo appears and demands that they give him her body. Driving them away, he kneels beside her body and mourns her, promising to stay with her and that even in death they will not be parted ("Danse, Mon Esmeralda"). After the curtain call, Gringoire leads the cast in a reprise of "Le Temps des Cathedrales". 1. Overture — Orchestra 2. The Age of the Cathedrals — Gringoire 3. The Refugees — Clopin & Chorus 4. Frollo's Intervention — Frollo & Phoebus 5. The Bohemian Song — Esmeralda 6. Esmeralda, You See — Clopin