What is the title of Jules Massenet's 1910 opera based on Don Quixote?

The title of Jules Massenet’s 1910 opera based on Don Quixote is Don Quichotte.

Massenet’s work is a French-language opera in five acts, formally described as a comédie héroïque. It was first performed at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo on 19 February 1910. The libretto was written by Henri Caïn, and the title uses the French form “Quichotte” rather than the Spanish-influenced English spelling “Quixote.”

The opera is not a direct retelling of every episode in Cervantes’s novel. Its immediate source was Jacques Le Lorrain’s 1904 play Le chevalier de la longue figure, itself inspired by Don Quixote. The opera gives a more prominent and sophisticated role to Dulcinée, the character corresponding to Dulcinea.

The title role was written for the celebrated Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin, who sang it at the premiere. Massenet composed much of the score while suffering from severe rheumatic pain and described the work as a soothing balm. The opera’s five acts contain less than two hours of music.