La Captive Du Serail

Here are the Oriental Turqueries galantes of the Opéra Comique, where the lovers are captured by Corsairs and held as prisoners: the Harem for the Belle and the galleys for her knight.... These enslaved Christians captivated the artistic imagination, which mixed the Thousand and One Nights and slave traders in amorous intrigues where the Sultan is deceived in his Seraglio! (CDV)