Démophon
A French-language opera featuring Démophon, King of Thrace, and his son Timante, who is secretly married to Dircée.
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A French-language opera featuring Démophon, King of Thrace, and his son Timante, who is secretly married to Dircée.
Jason and the Argonauts reach Colchis after Jason defeats fire-breathing bulls. His wife Hypsipyle, who followed him, learns Medea is expected to marry him. Medea discovers Jason is already married and vows revenge. Jason and Hypsipyle reconcile, but Medea summons a storm that wrecks the fleet and stabs Hypsipyle. Later, Medea plans to kill Jason but instead helps the Argonauts defeat earth-born giants and puts the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece to sleep, allowing Jason to take it. Medea asks to accompany Jason to Greece; when he refuses, she curses him and flies away in a dragon-drawn chariot.
In Babylon, Queen Sémiramis sees the ghost of her murdered husband Ninus, who demands revenge for himself and their missing son Ninias. She plans to marry Arzace, unaware he is Ninias. High priest Oroès reveals the truth and that Assur murdered Ninus at Sémiramis’s order. Sémiramis rushes into the tomb to save Arzace from Assur; in the dark, Arzace mistakes her for Assur and mortally wounds his mother. She forgives him before dying.
A French-language opera featuring Démophon, King of Thrace, and his son Timante, who is secretly married to Dircée.
Jason and the Argonauts reach Colchis after Jason defeats fire-breathing bulls. His wife Hypsipyle, who followed him, learns Medea is expected to marry him. Medea discovers Jason is already married and vows revenge. Jason and Hypsipyle reconcile, but Medea summons a storm that wrecks the fleet and stabs Hypsipyle. Later, Medea plans to kill Jason but instead helps the Argonauts defeat earth-born giants and puts the dragon guarding the Golden Fleece to sleep, allowing Jason to take it. Medea asks to accompany Jason to Greece; when he refuses, she curses him and flies away in a dragon-drawn chariot.
In Babylon, Queen Sémiramis sees the ghost of her murdered husband Ninus, who demands revenge for himself and their missing son Ninias. She plans to marry Arzace, unaware he is Ninias. High priest Oroès reveals the truth and that Assur murdered Ninus at Sémiramis’s order. Sémiramis rushes into the tomb to save Arzace from Assur; in the dark, Arzace mistakes her for Assur and mortally wounds his mother. She forgives him before dying.