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The Queen of Golconda

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is not recognised by Saint Phar who delivers to her a friendship treaty with France. At a later meeting in the French gardens where Aline comes in Provençal attire, it emerges that he is still in love with her. Aline and her court are held prisoner during a revolution led by Sadomar, but she is rescued by Saint Phar, to whom she finally reveals her face.
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The story concerns the widowed Queen of Golconda, Aline, who as a girl in Provence had loved Saint Phar. However, she was abducted as a child and sold as a slave to the old King of Golconda who then married her. Saint Phar has recently appeared at court as the new French ambassador. The veiled Aline
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The work is the culmination of a project Berwald commenced in 1863 as
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The attractive overture may be a later version of the
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Index

Opera
Franz Berwald

Jean-Baptiste-Charles Vial
fr
Edmond de Favières
Henri-Montan Berton
Royal Swedish Opera
opera
Franz Berwald
Jean-Baptiste-Charles Vial
fr
Edmond de Favières
Henri-Montan Berton
opera of the same name
Michel-Jean Sedaine
Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny
Boieldieu
Alina, regina di Golconda
The Abbot
Walter Scott
Théâtre Lyrique
Christina Nilsson
Royal Swedish Opera
tone poem
Voice type
Stig Westerberg
soprano
Elisabeth Söderström
Birgit Nordin

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