Solor’s tent.
Despondent and depressed by Nikiya’s death, Solor smokes opium, given to him by Magdaveya to deaden his grief. He hallucinates and conjures a vision of the dead Nikiya. She appears in the Kingdom of the Shades, and Solor reminisces about her dance of love by the Sacred Fire, and as the warriors enter his tent to prepare him for the wedding to Gamzatti, the vision of Nikiya continues to haunt and confuse him.