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Costume designs for the première of Les Huguenots
Costume designs for the première of Les Huguenots
Credit: Eugène Du Faget, restored by Adam Cuerden
Costume designs for the première of Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots featuring Julie Dorus-Gras as Marguerite, Adolphe Nourrit as Raoul, and Cornélie Falcon as Valentine. Three years after the premiere, Nouritt, beset with physical and mental illness, committed suicide in Naples.