Circé
A tragédie en musique concerning Circe, the sorceress of Greek mythology.
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A tragédie en musique concerning Circe, the sorceress of Greek mythology.
Betrothed to Iarbe but preparing to marry Énée, Didon faces the consequences when Jupiter forces Énée to leave for Italy. After their farewell, the gods turn against Carthage; Didon loses hope, becomes insane and dies by suicide.
A French tragédie en musique based on Euripides’ Iphigeneia in Tauris.
A prologue and five-act tragédie en musique, sequel to Lully’s Armide and based on Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata.
A tragédie en musique based on Heliodorus’s ancient Greek novel Aethiopica.
A pastiche tragédie en musique assembled from music by Campra and excerpts from works by Collasse, Charpentier, Desmarets, Marais and Rebel.
Venus chooses Adonis as king of Cyprus, angering Mars and the secretly jealous princess Cidippe, who loves Adonis. Mars and Cidippe arrange revenge, but Adonis defeats the monster sent against him. Diana restores the beast, which kills Adonis; Cidippe dies by suicide as Venus and the people mourn.
A tragédie en musique concerning Circe, the sorceress of Greek mythology.
Betrothed to Iarbe but preparing to marry Énée, Didon faces the consequences when Jupiter forces Énée to leave for Italy. After their farewell, the gods turn against Carthage; Didon loses hope, becomes insane and dies by suicide.
A French tragédie en musique based on Euripides’ Iphigeneia in Tauris.
A prologue and five-act tragédie en musique, sequel to Lully’s Armide and based on Tasso’s Gerusalemme liberata.
A tragédie en musique based on Heliodorus’s ancient Greek novel Aethiopica.
A pastiche tragédie en musique assembled from music by Campra and excerpts from works by Collasse, Charpentier, Desmarets, Marais and Rebel.
Venus chooses Adonis as king of Cyprus, angering Mars and the secretly jealous princess Cidippe, who loves Adonis. Mars and Cidippe arrange revenge, but Adonis defeats the monster sent against him. Diana restores the beast, which kills Adonis; Cidippe dies by suicide as Venus and the people mourn.