Jephté

Jephté is a lyric tragedy in five acts and a prologue that enjoys the distinction of being the first religious opera to be presented on the stage of the Royal Academy of Music. Montéclair composed its score, and the abbé Pellegrin was its librettist (see seventeenth-century volume for Montéclair and abbé Pellegrin). It had its premiere on 20 or 28 February 1732. It was a success with Chassé de Chinais in the title role and Tribou singing Ammon opposite Mlles Antier and Le Maure as Almasie and…