 Ramba uchinyora ndima ino - Mambokadzi Joséphine aiva nomunyori wake waaida zvikuru, wokuItaly Gaspare Spontini, uyo akava munyori wake wepamutemo wemitambo yenhau pamwe chete nemitambo inonakidza. Basa rokutanga raSpontini rokunyora nziyo, La vestale, rakabudirira zvikuru. Basa rake rinotevera, Fernand Cortez, rakatumirwa apo Napoleon akasarudza kupinda muSpain, uye akapemberera kukunda kweMexiconaHernán Cortés. Nenzira isingafadzi, uto reFrance rakakundwa muSpain uye Fernand Cortez yakabviswa mubhuku, asi yakaita fungidziro huru pavamwe vanyori vechiFrench nemigumisiro yayo mikuru yechiono, ballet yeMexico nechiuto chavatasvi vamabhiza, kushandiswa kwayo kwedhiramu, uye chorus yayo huru. Napoleon akavakazve ukuru hweimba youmambo yapfuura, achivaka imba itsva yemitambo paTuileries Palace, iyo yakapedzwa muna 1808. Akaunganidzawo boka revaimbi nevanoridza nziyo rakasiyana nemamwe rakabva kuItaly, kusanganisira muimbi Ferdinando Paër, uyo akava tenzi wemimhanzi yake yemumba, castrato Girolamo Crescentini, uye contralto Giuseppina Grassini. Napoleon haana kubvumira kurova maoko muhoro mukati memitambo. Orchestra yakaridza chimiro chaicho naAndré Grétry apo Napoleon akapinda muimba yemitambo, uye Vivat Imperator paakabuda. Asi, nemhaka yemishandirapamwe yake yehondo, akanga asiri muParis nguva dzose kuti afarikane nayo. 