Nitétis

Nitétis was billed as a lyric tragedy in five acts and a prologue with a score by Mion and a libretto by La Serre (see seventeenth-century volume for La Serre). It had its world premiere at the Opera on 14 April 1741, and no expense was spared to endow it with sumptuous sets worthy of its Egyptian background. Similarly, the stars of the troupe at the Opéra were cast in its principal roles, and Jélyotte sang the part of Cambise with Mlle Pélissier as Nitétis. Although management at the Royal…