Original id:
9491
Start date:
2 July 1782
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Adaptation
Media of production:
Opera, musical and related genres
Languages:
French
Electre (1782)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Oreste | Voltaire |
| Elektra | Sophocles AKA Sophokles |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Nicolas-François Guillard (1752-1814) | Librettist | after Voltaire's Oreste, which draws on Sophocles' Electra |
| Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1751-1796) | Composer |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opéra (Paris, Île-de-France, France) | 2 July, 1782 |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Use of Greek Tragedy in the History of Opera | Print-out | archive | 86 | |
| Grove Music Online | Website | New Grove Opera: s.v. Lemoyne [Moyne], Jean-Baptiste | ||
| Agamemnon in Performance: 458 BC to AD 2004 | Book | library | 78, 78 n. 5 |
How to cite this production
Electre (1782), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/9491 <25 November 2024>