Philomèle

Philomèle (Philomela) is an opera by the French composer Louis Lacoste, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 20 October 1705. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by Pierre-Charles Roy, is based on the story of Philomela as told in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

Sources


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, October 30, 2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.