Transcriber’s Note
This book contains the text of the opera both in French and in English. The original presented the two languages on alternating pages. This is impractical to reproduce in an e-text. Instead, the acts alternate: Act 1 in French, then in English, followed by Act 2, etc.
It seems obvious from the number of errors in the original text that it was not checked by a fluent French speaker before publication. Accents and punctuation have been corrected without note. A fuller list of changes made appears [at the end of this text].