page_title: La Esmeralda (opera)
section_title: Act 3
hierarchical_section_title: La Esmeralda (opera) / Synopsis / Act 3
caption_attribution_description: English: Sketch for the set of Act III, Scene 1 of La Esmeralda, an opera by Louise Bertin Note: Version numbering is arbitrary, but this does appear to be the more finished form. See File:Charles-Antoine Cambon - La Esmeralda, Act III, Scene 1 set design (Version 1) - Original.jpg for the other version.
context_page_description: La Esmeralda is a grand opera in four acts composed by Louise Bertin. The libretto was written by Victor Hugo, who had adapted it from his 1831 novel Notre-Dame de Paris. The opera premiered at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris on 14 November 1836 with Cornélie Falcon in the title role. Despite the lavish production, the premiere was a failure, and La Esmeralda proved to be the last opera composed by Bertin, although she lived for another 40 years.
context_section_description: Phoebus and his men are carousing outside the tavern. He sings to them of his new love, Esmeralda, who is to meet him for a tryst at the tavern later that night. Frollo appears and attempting to prevent the tryst warns Phoebus that Esmeralda is a sorceress. 
  Scene 2: A room in the tavern
  Frollo is hiding in a niche where he can spy on the lovers. In a fit of jealousy, he rushes out and attacks Phoebus with his sword badly wounding him.
caption: Cambon's design for Act 3, Scene 1
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