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Esmeralda (French: [ɛs.me.ʁɑl.da]), born Agnès, is a fictional character in Victor Hugo's 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (French: Notre-Dame de Paris).She is a French Roma girl (near the end of the book, it is revealed that her biological mother was a French woman).
In the novel, Quasimodo symbolically shows Esmeralda the difference between himself and the handsome yet self-centered Captain Phoebus, with whom the girl has become infatuated. He places two vases in her room: one is a beautiful crystal vase, yet broken and filled with dry, withered flowers; the other a humble pot, yet filled with beautiful ...
It focuses on the unfortunate story of Quasimodo, the Roma street dancer Esmeralda and Quasimodo's guardian the Archdeacon Claude Frollo in 15th-century Paris. All its elements—the Renaissance setting, impossible love affairs and marginalised characters—make the work a model of the literary themes of Romanticism .
Ce salon – le premier qui suit l’édition de « Notre-Dame de Paris » – connait une riche actualité autour du roman de Victor Hugo, puisque, outre la série d’aquarelles de Louis Boulanger (MVHPD0317 à MVHPD0323), Auguste Couder présente ses « Scènes de Notre-Dame de Paris » (voir MVHPP0767), Mlle Henry son « Quasimodo sauvant ...
Quasimodo (Anthony Quinn), the hunchback of Notre Dame Cathedral, falls in love with the gypsy Esmeralda (Gina Lollobrigida). When Esmeralda is condemned as a witch by Claude Frollo , the priest who longs for her, Quasimodo takes her into the cathedral to save her. But in a misguided rescue attempt, the people come to free her and Quasimodo ...
Miss Esmeralda premiered on 8 October 1887 at the Gaiety, starring Marion Hood in the title role, with Frank Thornton as Quasimodo and featuring comedy star E. J. Lonnen and dancer Letty Lind. Percy Anderson designed the costumes. [5] Fred Leslie and the theatre's leading actress, Nellie Farren, were away on tour.
Esmeralda is an 1856 grand opera in four acts with a score by the Italian composer Vincenzo Battista. With a libretto in English by Charles Jefferys , [ 1 ] it was based on Battista's Italian version Ermelinda (1851), [ 2 ] which in turn was based on Hugo 's 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame .
Esmeralda is being prepared for execution outside Notre Dame. Gringoire, who previously attended Quasimodo and Esmeralda's trials, appeals to Frollo, begging for her innocence but Frollo ignores these claims. Esmeralda sees Phoebus, now fully recovered from his injury, with Fleur de Lys and rejoices.