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Music: Vincenzo Bellini. Lyrics: Carlo Pepoli after Jaqcues-Arsène-Polycarpe Ancelots and Saintines drama Tetes rondes et cavaliers.
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First performance: Theatre Italien 24 januari 1835.
Plymouth, England, during the Civil War. Charles 1´s widow, Queen Henrietta, is being held captive in a fortress governed by the Puritan Lord Walton. His daughter Elvira loves Lord Arthur Talbot, a Cavalier. Although they are given permission to marry, Elvira is secretely loved by the Puritan enemy of Arthur, Sir Richard Forth. Arthur helps the widowed queen to escape by dressing her in Elvira´s bridal veil. Elvira, believing she has been betrayed, loses all reason.
Lord Waltons´s brother George enters with news of Elvira´s ravings. He is followed by Richard, who announces that Arthur has been sentenced to death by Parliament. The mad Elvira arrives, singing of her lost love. George urges Richard to save Arthur´s life, for if he and Elvira are not soon reunited, she will surely die. Richard reluctantly agrees, bur swears that, should Arthur join the Royalist ranks in battle the following day, he will exact revenge for the pain Arthur has caused Elvira.
Arthur, though aware of the danger, returns to Elvira. They embrace but Elvira, terrified that he will again disappear, cries out. Her screams bring Richard and a group of Puritan soldiers to the scene. Richard pronounces Arthur´s death sentence bit this brings Elvira back to her senses and the two are united for what seems the final time. At the last minute, soldiers announce the Stuart´s defea and the end of the war. A universal pardon is issued, leaving Arthur and Elvira free to marry.
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