The Broken Heart

About the show

In Sparta, general Ithocles forces his sister Penthea to abandon her intended marriage to Orgilus and marry the jealous, tyrannical Bassanes. After Ithocles relents and seeks to marry Calantha, Orgilus murders him; Calantha dances through news of the deaths of her father, Penthea, and Ithocles, then condemns Orgilus and dies of a broken heart.