Diane et Endymion

Diane et Endymion is an opera in three acts with a libretto in three acts by the chevalier de Lirou for which Niccolò Piccinni created the score. This composition had its world premiere at the Royal Academy of Music on 7 September 1784, and it became apparent immediately that this work dealing with chaste Diana’s consuming love for Endymion held no charm for the audiences of the time. Although it was advertised as another opera by “the celebrated author of Didon,” it was dropped after its tenth…