Les amazones, ou La fondation de Thèbes
This three-act opera concerns the reconciliation of two warring peoples and centers on the Amazons and the founding of Thebes. Its intended allegory was the peace between France and Austria.
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This three-act opera concerns the reconciliation of two warring peoples and centers on the Amazons and the founding of Thebes. Its intended allegory was the peace between France and Austria.
In 1682 at Benares, Rajah Démaly loves Laméa, a bayadere forbidden to marry. Mahratta general Olkar captures the city and imprisons Démaly. Laméa tricks Olkar and the bayaderes disarm the occupiers during a celebration, enabling a rescue army to defeat them. Démaly is supposedly dying from a poisoned arrow, and Laméa’s vow is released when Hyderam says Vishnu once married a bayadere; the couple marry.
This three-act opera concerns the reconciliation of two warring peoples and centers on the Amazons and the founding of Thebes. Its intended allegory was the peace between France and Austria.
In 1682 at Benares, Rajah Démaly loves Laméa, a bayadere forbidden to marry. Mahratta general Olkar captures the city and imprisons Démaly. Laméa tricks Olkar and the bayaderes disarm the occupiers during a celebration, enabling a rescue army to defeat them. Démaly is supposedly dying from a poisoned arrow, and Laméa’s vow is released when Hyderam says Vishnu once married a bayadere; the couple marry.