Si j'étais roi

Vocal highlights include the soprano air "De vos nobles aïeux" and the couplets for baritone "Dans le sommeil, l'amour".

Zéphoris awakens the next day in the throne room of the palace of Moussol in royal garments, and everyone treats him like a king.

His sister Zélide tries to console him, but Néméa arrives to tell him that it was not a dream, and when Kadoor enters with assassins to rid himself of his rival she declares that she is in love with Zéphoris.

The king and his court arrive on the scene and discover Kadoor’s treachery to conspire with the Portuguese warships off the coast.

Tableau 2 is set in a square in the town of Goa; after victory over the Portuguese, the king agrees to the union of Néméa and Zéphoris.