Les fêtes de Paphos

About the show

The first act recounts Venus and Adonis: Mars plots against his rival, Adonis is killed in a hunt and turned into an anemone, but Jupiter restores him. In the second act, Jupiter’s celebration helps Bacchus succumb to the nymph Erigone’s love. In the third, jealous Venus punishes Psyche; after a Fury causes a shipwreck and Psyche drowns, Cupid rescues her from the underworld and declares his love. Venus restores Psyche’s beauty and blesses the couple.