Le jugement de Midas

Le jugement de Midas (The Judgement of Midas) is a French comédie mêlée d'ariettes (a kind of opéra comique), in three acts by André Grétry first performed on 28 March 1778 in the apartments of Madame de Montesson at the Palais-Royal in Paris.[1] The libretto is by the Irish playwright Thomas Hales (also known by the French name Thomas d'Hèle) with additional contributions by Louis Anseaume. It was based on the play Midas (1760) by Kane O'Hara.

Roles

Role Voice type Premiere Cast, March 28, 1778
(Conductor: - )
Apollon tenor
Chloé soprano Madame de Montesson[2]
Lise soprano Rose-Louise Dugazon[2]
Marsias haute-contre Antoine Trial[2]
Midas tenor
Mopsa soprano
Palémon bass
Pan Bass

Recordings

References

Notes
  1. Bartlet 1992.
  2. 1 2 3 Amadeusonline accessed 22 January 2010
Sources
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