''Léandre et Héro'' (''Leander and Hero'') is an opera by the
French
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composer the
Marquis de Brassac
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, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the
Paris Opera
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) on 25 April (or the 5 May) 1750.
[''Livrets baroques'' gives 25 April, Clément and Larousse 5 May] It takes the form of a ''
tragédie en musique'' in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by
Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan
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, is based on the Greek legend of
Hero and Leander.
Notes and references
Sources
Libretto at "Livres baroques"Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse ''Dictionnaire des Opéras'', Paris, 1881 page 398.
*(in French
Score at La Bibliothèque Nationale de France
French-language operas
Tragédies en musique
Operas
1750 operas
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