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Gismonda is a 1919 French-language grand opera by Henry Février to a libretto by Henri Caïn and Louis Payen based on the 1894 play Gismonda by Victorien Sardou. The planned premiere in Paris was halted by the outbreak of World War I, but the composer was given leave from the French army to premiere the opera with Mary Garden in the title role at the Chicago Opera on 14 January 1919. Gismonda opened in Paris at the Opéra-Comique on 15 October, for which occasion this poster was designed by Georges Rochegrosse.Poster credit: Georges Rochegrosse; restored by Adam Cuerden