Kassya (opera)
# Kassya (opera)

Kassya is a French-language opera in 4 acts and 5 tableaux by Léo Delibes to a libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille after a novella by Sacher-Masoch. Unfinished on Delibes' death in 1891, it was completed and orchestrated by Jules Massenet in 1893.

The opera was premiered at the Opéra-Comique, Paris, on 24 March 1893, with the following cast:

* Sonia – Mlle Simonnet
* Kassya – Mme De Nuovina
* La Bohémienne – Mlle Elven
* Nidda – Mlle Delorn
* Lacka – Mlle Robert
* Cyrille – M. Gibert
* Le comte de Zévale – M Soulacroios
* Kotska – M. Lorrain
* Kolénati – M. Challet
* Mockou – M. Bernaert
* Un sergent – M. Artus
* Yahn – M. Troy

       Source: Les Annales du théâtre et de la musique, 1893.

The opera was respectfully received, but the general view was that it showed the composer's creative gifts in decline. It ran for twelve performances.

