Miltiade à Marathon

Miltiade à Marathon was offered as an opera in two acts with a score by Lemoyne and a libretto by Guillard. It had its first performance on 5 November 1793 and enjoyed 52 billings during its first run lasting until 7 May 1793. It was mounted on another eight programs between 20 December 1797 and 8 June 1798. This work would not have had these 60 representations in all probability, if a governmental order of 2 August 1793 had not required the theatres of Paris to celebrate the era of liberty…