La Sérénade vénitienne

La Sérénade vénitienne is a ballet entrée included in Les Fragments de Lully and staged in 1702. It was revived in 1703 and 1707; it was revised and billed under the title of Le Jaloux trompé in 1731. The intrigue was designed to entertain rather than to edify, and it begins with Le Docteur complaining that he has fallen in love with youthful Léonore, despite his advanced age. Like Molière’s cautious husband in L’Ecole des maris, he has locked his beloved in his house for safekeeping, and he…