Gismonda (Février)
Gismonda is a 1919 French-language grand opera by Henry Février to a libretto by Henri Caïn and Louis Payen based on the 1894 play "Gismonda" by Victorien Sardou. The planned premiere in Paris was halted by the outbreak of World War I but the composer was given leave from the French army to premiere the opera with Mary Garden in the title role at the Chicago Opera 14 January 1919. It got its Paris prèmiere at the Opéra-Comique on 15 October of the same year.