Amphitryon

Amphitryon was billed as an opera in three acts with words by Sedaine based upon Molière, a score by Grétry, and choreography by Maximilien Gardel. It was an amusing production of this well-known intrigue going back to Plautus, but it was mounted only four times in Paris after its premiere there on 15 July 1788. It had had its world premiere at Versailles on 15 March 1786. Grétry did the score. The plot begins with Mercure begging La Nuit to linger and complaining of having to listen to Bromia…