''Phèdre'' (''Phaedra'') is an opera by the French composer
Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, first performed at
Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau (; ) is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the ''arrondissement ...
on 26 October 1786. It takes the form of a ''
tragédie lyrique'' in three acts. The libretto, by
François-Benoît Hoffman, is based on the Greek myth of the obsessive love of
Phaedra
Phaedra may refer to:
Mythology
* Phaedra (mythology), Cretan princess, daughter of Minos and Pasiphaë, wife of Theseus
Arts and entertainment
* ''Phaedra'' (Alexandre Cabanel), an 1880 painting
Film
* ''Phaedra'' (film), a 1962 film by ...
for her stepson
Hippolytus.
Roles
Recordings
*
Concert de la Loge Olympique
The Concert de la Loge Olympique was a concert company founded in the 1780s by the fermier général Charles Marin de La Haye des Fosses and Count Claude-François-Marie Rigoley. The main conductor was Joseph Bologne de Saint-George.
The orches ...
,
Julien Chauvin
Julien Chauvin (born 1979) is a French violinist and music director, specialized in the interpretation on period instruments and gut strings, co-founder of the orchestra the (2004-2014), as well as the (2007), and founder of the Concert de la ...
Production Bru Zane France
Co-production Théâtre de Caen / Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles / Opéra de Reims In collaboration with C.I.C.T. – Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord First performed on Thursday, 27 April 2017 at the Théâtre de Caen Encore performance Tuesday October 10, 2017 at the Opéra de Reims The opera will be recorded by France Musique
*Orfeo Orchestra Purcell Choir, György Vashegyi. Palazzeto Bru Zane (2020)
References
Sources
Original libretto on BNF Gallica
Operas
French-language operas
Operas by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne
1786 operas
Operas based on works by Jean Racine
Works based on Phèdre
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