Hippodamie

Hippodamie is a lyric tragedy in five acts and a prologue with music by André Campra and words by Pierre-Charles Roy. This opera was inspired by Lucian’s Dialogues with borrowings from Hyginus and Pindar. Like Roy’s initial contribution to the repertory of the Royal Academy of Music, Bradamante, his second work for the artistes was not especially popular: Hippodamie was billed only 14 times after its premiere on 6 March 1708, and it was never revived. The rather singular prologue of Campra’s…