DESTOUCHES: Omphale

DESTOUCHES: Omphale 10 November. Paris, O. Text by A. Houdar de La Motte. Prologue and 5 acts. One of Destouches’s chief works. Given at Lyons in 1713; at Brussels 4 November 1715; revived at Paris 21 April 1721; 27 January 1733; 13 January 1735; and 14 January 1752 (at Marly 10 May 1751). In German (translated and arranged by G. P. Telemann), Hamburg 24 April 1724. Parodies: Hercule filant, by L. Fuzelier, C.I. 15 May 1721; Polichinelle Alcide ou Le Héros en Quenouille, by D. Carolet , Th. des…