from Act I of the French opera La Juive by Jacques François Fromental Halévy

Libretto: Eugène Scribe

Role: Cardinal de Brogni, president of the Council

Voice Part: bass

Setting: a square in Constance, Switzerland, 1414

Synopsis: Brogni and Eléazar meet in the square after Eléazar is brought before the provost of the town for working during a holiday in honor of the Emperor. Eléazar is upset because of the inequalities between the treatment of Christians and he and his daughter, who are Jewish. Brogni then prays that the Jewish people will find enlightenment in the Christian faith.

from Act III of the French opera La Juive by Jacques François Fromental Halévy

Libretto: Eugène Scribe

Role: Cardinal de Brogni, president of the Council

Voice Part: bass

Setting: a festival at the gardens of the Emperor's palace, Constance, Switzerland, 1414

Synopsis: After Rachel accuses Prince Léopold of consorting with her and committing a crime by causing an interfaith relationship between a Jew and a Christian, Cardinal de Brogni condemns both of them along with Rachel's father, Eléazar. He claims they have broken God's laws by engaging in this forbidden relationship.

from Act II of the French opera La Juive by Jacques François Fromental Halévy

Libretto: Eugène Scribe

Role: Eléazar, Jewish goldsmith and father of Rachel

Voice Part: tenor

Setting: a room in Eléazar's house, Constance, Switzerland, 1414 during Passover

Synopsis: Eléazar asks for God's blessing upon all the Jewish people at the Passover feast, along with protection from the persecution against them.

from Act IV of the French opera La Juive by Jacques François Fromental Halévy

Libretto: Eugène Scribe

Role: Eléazar, Jewish goldsmith and father of Rachel

Voice Part: tenor

Setting: the Emperor's palace, Constance, Switzerland, 1414

Synopsis: Eléazar's daughter Rachel has been condemned to death by Cardinal de Brogni for consorting with the Christian prince Léopold. However, Brogni does not realize that Rachel is actually his own daughter, saved from a fire in Roman years ago by Eléazar and raised as Eléazar's own daughter. Eléazar knows he can save her life by revealing this fact, but he is unable to reconcile his Jewish faith with forcing his daughter to change her faith.

from Act III of the French opera La Juive by Jacques François Fromental Halévy

Libretto: Eugène Scribe

Role: Eudoxie, princess and niece of the Emperor, wife of Léopold

Voice Part: soprano

Setting: a festival at the gardens of the Emperor's palace, Constance, Switzerland, 1414

Synopsis: Princess Eudoxie is overjoyed to see her husband Léopold again. She tells him just how incredibly happy she is.

from Act III of the French opera La Juive by Jacques François Fromental Halévy

Libretto: Eugène Scribe

Role: Eudoxie, princess and niece of the Emperor, wife of Léopold

Voice Part: soprano

Setting: a festival at the gardens of the Emperor's palace, Constance, Switzerland, 1414

Synopsis: Princess Eudoxie is eager to see her husband Léopold again. He is due back from the war in a day and she can hardly wait for that moment to come.

from Act I of the French opera La Juive by Jacques François Fromental Halévy

Libretto: Eugène Scribe

Role: Léopold, prince and general of the Empire, husband of Eudoxie

Voice Part: tenor

Setting: a square in Constance, Switzerland, 1414

Synopsis: Léopold has been hired in Eléazar's goldsmithy in disguise as a Jewish assistant named Samuel. He serenades Eléazar's daughter, Rachel, with whom he is in love.

from Act II of the French opera La Juive by Jacques François Fromental Halévy

Libretto: Eugène Scribe

Role: Rachel, daughter of Eléazar

Voice Part: soprano

Setting: a room in Eléazar's house, Constance, Switzerland, 1414 during Passover

Synopsis: Rachel is filed with worry and apprehension over her impending meeting with Léopold, whom she believes to be Samuel, a Jewish workman. Although she is fond of him, she has suspicions about him because of his behaviour at the Passover feast. In fact, he is a Christian prince of the Empire and married.