Isbé

Isbé is a heroic pastoral in five acts and a prologue with a score by Mondonville and a libretto by La Rivière . It had its world premiere at the Opéra on 10 April 1742 with Mlle Le Maure in the title role and Jélyotte as Alcidon. Le Page filled the part of Adamas, while Mlle Camargo starred in the ballet with MM. Dupré and David Dumoulin (see seventeenth-century volume for Dumoulin). The work was not very well received by its audiences, and it appears to have been dropped after its performance…