Le Cid is an opera in four acts and ten tableaux by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Adolphe d'Ennery, Louis Gallet and Édouard Blau.

[1] It was first performed by a star-studded cast at the Paris Opéra on 30 November 1885 in the presence of President Grévy, with Jean de Reszke as Rodrigue.

While Le Cid is not in the standard operatic repertory, the ballet suite is a popular concert and recording piece which includes dances from different regions of Spain.

[3] A new production was mounted at the Opéra in the 2014/15 season, conducted by Michel Plasson with Roberto Alagna in the title role.

[4] In New York, the premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1897 was revived in 1901 and 1902, and a cut concert performance on 8 March 1976 at Carnegie Hall with Plácido Domingo and Grace Bumbry was later issued as a commercial recording.

[8] It was produced in 1979 in Limoges and Saint-Etienne conducted by Pierre-Michel Le Conte with Maurice Maievsky in the title role with Hélia T'Hézan, Robert Massard, Peggy Bouveret and René Bianco,[9] then at the 1994 Massenet Festival under Patrick Fournillier with Michele Command and Chris Merritt.

[11] In September 2015, Odyssey Opera performed Le Cid for the first time in Boston, a semi-staged version conducted by Gil Rose, with tenor Paul Groves in the title role.

To the sound of fanfares outside the friends of the Comte de Gormas recount how the King is to make Rodrigue a knight, despite his young age.

A gallery in the royal palace leading to an entrance to Burgos cathedral With bells sounding, the people give thanks for victory over the moors.

Don Diègue holds out his hand and wishes the marriage of his son and Chimène, but the count insults, swipes and disarms him.

A crowd and a jubilant Don Diègue arrive on the scene, but when Chimène rushes out to find out about the murderer of her father she faints when she discovers his identity.

It is a lively spring day The Infanta distributes alms and dancing follows: a Castillane, Andalouse, Aragonaise, Aubade, Catalane, Madrilène, Navarraise (ballet).

The King reproaches Rodrigue for having lost Spain's most courageous captain and Don Diègue calls for his son to take the place of the dead count in battle.