Pomone

Pomone was the first opera produced in France under the license given to Pierre Perrin by letters patent establishing an Academy of Opera. A pastoral in five acts with a score by Cambert, its libretto is based upon a simple plot. Pomone dismisses Vertumne and Faune, who are rivals for her hand (I). Vertumne rejects Beroë and laments his fruitless pursuit of Pomone (II). Vertumne resorts to disguising himself as Plutus and Bacchus to win Pomone’s favor, but he meets with failure again (III). He…