Électre (Electra) is an opera by the French composer Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opéra) on 2 July 1782. It takes the form of a tragédie lyrique in three acts. The libretto, by Nicolas-François Guillard, is based on the Greek myth of Electra.
Cast | Voice type | Premiere cast |
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Égisthe ( Aegisthus) | baritone [1] | François Lays |
Clytemnestre ( Clytemnestra) | soprano | Françoise-Claude-Marie-Rosalie Campagne (called Mlle Duplant) |
Électre (Electra) | soprano | Rosalie Levasseur |
Oreste ( Orestes) | basse taille ( bass-baritone) | Henri Larrivée |
Pilade ( Pylades) | taille ( baritenor) | Étienne Lainez |
Arcas | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Moreau |
Chrysothémis ( Chrysothemis) | soprano | Antoinette Saint-Huberty |
Un officer du palais (an officer of the palace) | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Simon Chénard |
Le grand prêtre (the high priest) | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Simon Chénard |
Une Argienne (a woman of Argos) | soprano | Suzanne Joinville |
Un Argien (a man of Argos) | haute-contre | Jean-Joseph Rousseau [2] |
Chorus: Lords and ladies of the court, people of Mycenae, Trojan captives, Eumenides, demons |