Alcine

Alcine is a lyric tragedy in five acts and a prologue with music by André Campra and a libretto by Antoine Danchet. It had its premiere at the Palais-Royal on 15 January 1705, and its first run extended for 16 performances, but it was dropped from the repertory on 16 February 1705. Mlle Desmatins created the title-rôle with Mlle Maupin as Mélanie and Thévenard in the part of Athlant. The prologue presents the followers of La Gloire urging their warriors to new feats of arms, but Le Temps…