He proposed as collaborator Louis Gallet, whom Saint-Saëns did not know, and the result was the slight piece La princesse jaune notable as the first japonerie on the operatic stage, Japan having only very recently been opened to Western trade and the first Japanese woodblock prints having been seen in Paris only two years previously.
Tête Jaune Cache | La princesse jaune | La Princesse | Jaune Quick-To-See Smith | 2011 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem |