Nephté

Nephté is a lyric tragedy in three acts with a score by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne and a libretto by François Hoffmann. The work was given its world premiere on 15 December 1789, but this event passed almost unnoticed in the press on account of the constant distraction on the sociopolitical scene. Yet the work must have inspired some interest among theatregoers because it enjoyed no fewer than 37 billings at the Opéra between the time of its first performance there and 18 March 1792. The plot of the…