Coronis

Coronis was designated as a heroic pastoral because it related the adventures of Apollon disguised as a shepherd and because its settings and certain episodes in it were in the pastoral tradition. Its libretto was the work of Chappuzeau de Baugé, and its score was written by Theobaldo di Gatti. It had its premiere at Paris on 23 March 1691, but its first run was unimpressive, and it was never returned to repertory. Baugé’s work is remembered principally as having been the first of the four…