Opera in Focus - "Louise"

"Louise"
Act III "Du Puis Le Jour"

The opera "Louise" is the composers celebration of the city he loved, Paris. His story of the young poet Julien and his Louise, a seamstress, is played against a background of conflicting emotions and social conditions. As the act begins Louise, now living with her beloved Julien, recalls with happiness the day they first met in the famous aria "Depuis le jour" (ever since the day).