Myrtil et Lycoris

Myrtil et Lycoris is a pastoral in a single act and free verse. Its score was done by Desormery; its libretto was the work of Boquet de Liancourt and Bouthillier. It had its world premiere at Fontainebleau on 14 November 1777, and it was performed for the first time at the Opéra in Paris on 2 December 1777. It was relatively popular, and it was billed on 42 dates in the capital between 1777 and 1779. It was revived for another four representations in 1781. The work is an account of an…