Le Carnaval de Venise

Le Carnaval de Venise reflects the post-Lullian trend away from mythological subjects: it is set in an Italian locale, and its characters are citizens of Venice. Like Aricie and Les Fêtes galantes, this composition by Campra with a libretto by Regnard was a continuous ballet, and its plot and its characters developed but did not change from act to act like the regular opéra-ballet that was growing from Les Saisons and L’Europe galante. The conclusion of the third act of Le Carnaval de Venise…