Alcyone

About the show

Ceyx, king of Trachis, and Alcyone are to marry, but Phorbas uses magic to disrupt the wedding. He sends Ceyx on a voyage intended to kill him, while Peleus, who also loves Alcyone, is left troubled by the plot. Alcyone prays for Ceyx’s safe return and dreams of a ship in a storm. When a body washes ashore, she believes it is Ceyx and stabs herself. Neptune restores the lovers to life and appoints them to calm the seas.