Circé

Circé had its premiere performance at the Palais-Royal in October or November 1694. It was the fourth consecutive lyric tragedy in five acts and a prologue that failed to inspire spectators. It was never returned to the stage. This apparently diminishing success of the lyric tragedy was probably the earliest indication of the fact that composers and management alike were deluded if they thought that the Royal Academy of Music could endure forever by imitating Lully and adding a bit of…