Io

About the show

Jupiter plans to woo the nymph Io disguised as shepherd Hylas, while Apollo courts her as Philemon. Io prefers Hylas but pities Philemon; when Jupiter disperses a storm, she realizes he is a god, and they declare their love. In the next scene La Folie announces that Apollo has abandoned Parnassus and she has stolen his lyre; the opera then breaks off.