''Hypermnestre'' (''Hypermnestra'') is an opera by the French composer
Charles-Hubert Gervais
Charles-Hubert Gervais (19 February 1671 – 14 January 1744) was a French composer of the Baroque era. The son of a valet to King Louis XIV's brother, Monsieur, Gervais was born at the Palais Royal in Paris and probably educated by Monsieur's mu ...
, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the
Paris Opera
The Paris Opera (, ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be ...
) on 3 November 1716. It takes the form of a ''
tragédie en musique'' in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by Joseph de Lafont, concerns the Greek myth of
Hypermnestra.
Discography
* ''Hypermnestre,'' Katherine Watson, Hypermnestre, Mathias Vidal, Lyncée, Thomas Dolié, Danaüs, Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Arcas (ombre de Gélanor, le Nil), Chantal Santon-Jeffery, (NaÏade, bergère, Coryphée), Juliette Mars, (Isis, matelote), Manuel Nuñez Camelino (Grand Prêtre, Coryphée), Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra, conducted by
Giörgy Vashegyi. 2 CD Glossa 2019. 5 Diapasons.
Sources
*
Jean-Paul C. Montagnier, « Les deux versions du cinquième acte d’''Hypermnestre'' de Charles-Hubert Gervais », ''Revue de musicologie'', 82 (1996), pp. 331-343.
*
Jean-Paul C. Montagnier, ''Charles-Hubert Gervais (1671-1744), un musicien au service du Régent et de Louis XV''. Paris: CNRS Editions, 2001.
Libretto at "Livrets baroques"Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse ''Dictionnaire des Opéras'', Paris, 1881 page 349
French-language operas
Tragédies en musique
Operas by Charles Hubert Gervais
Operas
1716 operas
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