La Juive (
The Jewess) is a
grand opera in five acts by
Fromental Halévy with an original French
libretto by
Eugène Scribe. It was first performed on 23 February 1835 at the
Paris Opera. With the premise of an impossible love between a Christian man and a Jewish woman, the work has been seen by some as a plea for religious tolerance. This illustration shows the set design for the first act of
La Juive for the inaugural production of the opera.
Lithograph credit: Eugène Cicéri and Philippe Benoist; restored by Adam Cuerden