Étienne Marcel is an 1879 opera in 4 acts by Camille Saint-Saëns to a libretto by Louis Gallet. It premiered at Lyon's Grand-Theatre on 8 February 1879, with further performances in Paris (14 October 1884, Théâtre du Château-d'Eau), Rouen (26 March 1885, Théâtre des Arts de Rouen) and Monaco (7 March 1918 Théâtre de Monte-Carlo). The action is set in Paris in the first half of 1358, during the English captivity of le bon roi John II of France.
Recordings
Radio broadcast recording: Étienne Marcel – Alain Fondary; Béatrix – Michèle Lagrange; Eustache – Franck Ferrari; Robert de Loris – Daniel Galvez-Vallejo; Jean Maillard – Philippe Fourcade; Marguerite/le dauphin Charles – Alexandra Papadjakou; Choeur de l'Opéra national de Montpellier, Choir of the Opéra de Strasbourg, Orchestre national de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, conductor Hubert Soudant, 11 July 1994