Astyanax

Astyanax is an opera in three acts with words by Jean-Elie Dejaure and music by Rodolphe Kreutzer. It had its world premiere at the Opéra on 12 April 1801, and it was continued in repertory until 6 December 1816. It was probably retained over a period of 15 years, because Kreutzer was a man of influence at the Opéra. In any event, however, Astyanax fared better at the box office than Kreutzer’s Flaminius à Corinthe. Astyanax was given at the Opéra on 28 dates between 1801 and 1803, and it was…