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On the isle of Mona, Roman general Messala tries to capture British king Arvire with help from his sons Irvin and Vellinus. Irvin reveals the plot and leads the British defense, while Vellinus first betrays Arvire and later repents. The Britons defeat the Romans and free Évélina from captivity; Arvire releases Messala and his men and promises Évélina to Irvin in marriage.
Chimène and Rodrigue love one another, but Rodrigue kills her father in a duel to defend his own father’s honor. The King orders Rodrigue to fight the Moors, and he returns victorious as El Cid. Chimène’s champion Don Sanche loses their duel, but Rodrigue spares him and asks Chimène to accept him freely; she finally agrees to marry him.
French tragédie lyrique by Antonio Sacchini in four acts, later revised to three. Nicolas-François Guillard adapted a libretto previously set by Rameau.
Iphigenia, a priestess of Diana in Tauris, learns that two shipwrecked Greeks are to be sacrificed. They are her brother Orestes and his friend Pylades, who have come to retrieve Diana’s statue. Iphigenia recognizes Orestes only as she is about to sacrifice him. King Thoas arrives intending to kill the siblings, but Pylades returns with Greeks who kill Thoas. Diana appears, pardons Orestes for killing his mother, and orders the statue returned to Greece.
A three-act French tragédie lyrique on a biblical theme, combining material from Klopstock, Genesis, and Paradise Lost.
A French tragédie lyrique by Antonio Salieri, with a text by Nicolas-François Guillard after Corneille’s play Horace.
On the isle of Mona, Roman general Messala tries to capture British king Arvire with help from his sons Irvin and Vellinus. Irvin reveals the plot and leads the British defense, while Vellinus first betrays Arvire and later repents. The Britons defeat the Romans and free Évélina from captivity; Arvire releases Messala and his men and promises Évélina to Irvin in marriage.
Chimène and Rodrigue love one another, but Rodrigue kills her father in a duel to defend his own father’s honor. The King orders Rodrigue to fight the Moors, and he returns victorious as El Cid. Chimène’s champion Don Sanche loses their duel, but Rodrigue spares him and asks Chimène to accept him freely; she finally agrees to marry him.
French tragédie lyrique by Antonio Sacchini in four acts, later revised to three. Nicolas-François Guillard adapted a libretto previously set by Rameau.
Iphigenia, a priestess of Diana in Tauris, learns that two shipwrecked Greeks are to be sacrificed. They are her brother Orestes and his friend Pylades, who have come to retrieve Diana’s statue. Iphigenia recognizes Orestes only as she is about to sacrifice him. King Thoas arrives intending to kill the siblings, but Pylades returns with Greeks who kill Thoas. Diana appears, pardons Orestes for killing his mother, and orders the statue returned to Greece.
A three-act French tragédie lyrique on a biblical theme, combining material from Klopstock, Genesis, and Paradise Lost.
A French tragédie lyrique by Antonio Salieri, with a text by Nicolas-François Guillard after Corneille’s play Horace.
The opera concentrates on Pluto's abduction of Proserpine. Guillard's libretto reduces Quinault's five-act source to three acts and focuses on the main plot.
A three-act tragédie lyrique based on the Greek myth of Electra, with characters including Clytemnestra, Orestes, Aegisthus and Pylades.
Polynices makes an alliance with Theseus and plans to marry his daughter Eriphyle, but a failed sacrifice signals divine anger. Polynices encounters his exiled father Oedipus and sister Antigone. After Oedipus curses his sons, Polynices offers his life in remorse; Oedipus forgives him and the Furies’ wrath is appeased.