Persée (Philidor)
{{Short description|Tragédie lyrique by François-André Danican Philidor}}
{{Infobox opera
| name = {{lang|fr|Persée}}
| type = Tragédie lyrique
| composer = {{nowrap|François-André Danican Philidor}}
| image = André Philidor.jpg
| image_upright = 0.9
| caption = Portrait of Philidor, London, 1777
| librettist = Jean-François Marmontel
| language = French
| based_on = Philippe Quinault's libretto for Persée
| premiere_date = {{Start date|1780|10|04|df=y}}
| premiere_location = Académie Royale de Musique, Paris
}}
Persée (Perseus) is an opera by the French composer François-André Danican Philidor first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique, Paris (the Paris Opera) on 24 October 1780. It takes the form of a tragédie lyrique in three acts. The text is a reworking, by Jean-François Marmontel, of a libretto by Philippe Quinault, originally set by Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1682. Philidor's version was not a success.
Roles
| class="wikitable"
!Role !Voice type !Premiere cast |
| Céphée (Cepheus), King of Ethiopia
|basse-taille (bass-baritone) |Moreau |
| Cassiope (Cassiopeia), wife of Céphée
|Françoise-Claude-Marie-Rosalie Campagne (called Mlle Duplant) |
| Andromède (Andromeda), daughter of Céphée and Cassiope
|soprano |
| Persée (Perseus), son of Jupiter |
| Phinée, prince of Ethiopia
|bass-baritone |
| Mercure (the god Mercury) |
| Méduse Medusa, a Gorgon
|soprano |Mlle Duranci (also spelled Durancy)Stage name of Madeleine-Céleste Fieuzal (or Fieusacq) de Frossac |
| Euryale, a Gorgon (travesti)
|haute-contre |
| Stenone, a Gorgon (travesti)
|? |Perré |
| Orcas, an Ethiopian
|bass-baritone |Auguste-Athanase (Augustin) Chéron |
| Proténor, an Ethiopian
|taille (bari-tenor) |
| Un cyclope (a cyclops)
|bass-baritone |Durand |
| A Triton
|? |Perré |
| Vénus (the goddess Venus)
|soprano |Châteauvieux |
| Une nymphe guerrière (a warrior nymph)
|soprano |Suzanne Joinville |
Plot
{{No plot|date=April 2024}}
Notes
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Sources
- {{in lang|fr}} [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24402733M/Dictionnaire_des_opéras Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse Dictionnaire des Opéras], p.525.
- {{in lang|fr}} [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k123065f/f1.image.r=Persee%20Philidor.langEN Original libretto on Gallica BNF]
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