La Délivrance de Thésée

About the show

Hippolyte’s love for Aricie arouses the jealousy of his stepmother Phèdre. After Hippolyte rejects her, Phèdre denounces him to his father, Thésée, who arranges his death by a monster. Théramene kills Phèdre in revenge and is then executed on Thésée’s orders. Aricie comforts the grieving Thésée.