Hésione

Hésione with music by André Campra and a libretto by Antoine Danchet is a lyric tragedy in five acts and a prologue. It was performed initially at the Palais-Royal on 21 December 1700 and was revived for the first time in 1709, when it enjoyed 19 billings between 19 July and 30 August. It was returned to the stage once more on 13 September 1729; asserts that it was given this year until the end of the following October. Le Journal de l’Opéra notes only a 31 January performance of Hésione in…