Jason

Jason is a lyric tragedy in five acts and a prologue for which Colasse composed the score, and for which Jean-Baptiste Rousseau wrote the libretto. It had its premiere at the Palais-Royal on 6 January 1696. Its first and only run lasted until 5 February 1696 according to the unpublished Le Journal de l’Opéra, and its lack of success matched the more or less unenthusiastic receptions accorded to the other new lyric tragedies of this time such as Céphale et Procris and Circé. The continuing war…