Démophon

Démophon is a lyric tragedy in three acts with a score by Cherubini and a libretto by Marmontel based upon Pietro Metastasio’s work by the same title. It had its world premiere at the Opéra on 5 December 1788, and it was the first work that Cherubini offered to the Paris public after his arrival in France. Pierre-Gabriel Gardel furnished the choreography for the celebration scenes at the end of the first and last acts. Marmontel’s version of the Démophon story repeats the premise upon which…