Cassandre

Cassandre is a lyric tragedy in five acts and a prologue. The libretto was the work of La Grange-Chancel; Bouvard and Bertin de La Doué collaborated on the music. The work enjoyed a dozen performances at most after its premiere on 22 June 1706. Bouvard is said to have insisted that only the fifth act was applauded because he composed it. Other critics blamed the hot weather of the summer of 1706 for its failure. One writer suggested that the public, women especially, did not take kindly to the…