Isabeau is a leggenda drammatica or opera in three parts by Pietro Mascagni, 1911, from an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica.
[1] A retelling of the medieval English legend of Lady Godiva, Mascagni described it in an interview as his attempt to "return to the romanticism which inspired so much of Italian opera.
Unaware of the edict, the falconer Folco accidentally looks upon Isabeau during her ride and is arrested.
When Isabeau visits him in prison, she falls in love with him and begs her father to pardon him.
However, the king's minister stirs up the passions of the people who rise up in a vigilante mob and kill Folco.