Électre (opera)
Électre (Electra) is an opera by the French composer Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opéra) on 2 July 1782. It takes the form of a tragédie lyrique in three acts. The libretto, by Nicolas-François Guillard, is based on the Greek myth of Electra.
Roles
| Cast | Voice type | Premiere |
|---|---|---|
| Égisthe (Aegisthus) | baritone | François Lays |
| Clytemnestre (Clytemnestra) | soprano | Françoise-Claude-Marie-Rosalie Campagne (called Mlle Duplant) |
| Électre (Electra) | soprano | Rosalie Levasseur |
| Oreste (Orestes) | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Henri Larrivée |
| Pilade (Pylades) | tenor | Étienne Lainez |
| Arcas | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Moreau |
| Chrysothémis (Chrysothemis) | soprano | Antoinette Saint-Huberty |
| Un officer du palais (an officer of the palace) | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Simon Chénard |
| Le grand prêtre (the high priest) | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Simon Chénard |
| Une Argienne (a woman of Argos) | soprano | Mlle Joinville |
| Un Argien (a man of Argos) | haute-contre | J. Rousseau |
| Chorus: Lords and ladies of the court, people of Mycenae, Trojan captives, Eumenides, demons | ||
Sources
- (French) Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse Dictionnaire des Opéras, p.245.
- Benoït Dratwicki, "Foreigners at the Académie Royale de Musique" in Antonio Sacchini, Renaud, Madrid, Ediciones Singulares, 2013 (book accompanying the complete recording conducted by Christophe Rousset). ISBN 978-84-939-6865-6