Esmeralda (opera)

Esmeralda
Opera by Arthur Goring Thomas
The composer in 1892
Librettist
LanguageEnglish
Based onVictor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Premiere
26 March 1883 (1883-03-26)

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 1831 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.