Le tribut de Zamora is an opera in four acts by Charles Gounod, his last work for the stage. The libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery was offered to Gounod after negotiations with Giuseppe Verdi stalled, and involves a young couple on their wedding day, a forced tribute of twenty virgins, a slave auction at which the would-be groom is outbid, a madwoman who turns out to be the heroine's mother and regains her reason on murdering a tyrant, and a magnanamous second-in-command.
| Librettist | Adolphe d'Ennery |
| Premiered | 1881, April 1st (Palais Garnier) in Paris, France |
| Type | Opera |
| Spoken language | French |
| Instruments |
Voice (Soprano)
- Xaïma
Voice (Soprano) - Hermosa, her mother Voice (Soprano) - Iglésia, her friend Voice (Tenor) - Manoël, her fiancé Voice (Baritone) - Ben-Saïd, envoy of the caliph of Cordoba Voice (Bass) - Hadjar, his brother Voice (Bass) - Le roi, king of tenth-century Asturias |
| Autotranslations beta |
Charles Gounod: Le tribut de Zamora Charles Gounod: Le tribut de Zamora Charles Gounod: Le tribut de Zamora |