Hippolyte et Aricie
Tragédie en musique in five acts with prologue
Libretto
Abbé Simon Joseph de Pellegrin
Premiere
1 October 1733, Paris (Choudens Opéra)
Cast
THESEE (bass)
PHEDRE (mezzo-soprano)
HIPPOLYTE (tenor or haute-contre)
ARICIE (soprano)
DIANE (soprano)
PLUTON (bass)
TISIPHONE (tenor)
CHORUS Nymphs, forest-dwellers, priestesses of Diana, citizens of Troezen, gods of the underworld, sailors, hunters and huntresses, shepherds na dshepherdesses
Place
Athens
Time