Émile Brunner LACOSTE (Paris 1837 - 1881) Femmes sur un palanquin, set design for Gounod's opera "Le Tribut de Zamora", 1881 Watercolor gouache, pen and black ink. Signed and dated lower left. (Small stains and small restored loss lower left). 29 x 22 cm Le Tribut de Zamora is a composition by Gounod, first performed from September 1878 to October 1880. The first performance took place on April 1, 1881 at the Opéra Garnier. It is the twelfth and last of Gounod's operas.