La Princesse d’Elide

La Princesse d’Elide was billed as a heroic ballet in five acts and a prologue. It was Villeneuve’s only musical score for the Palais-Royal, and the abbé Pellegrin wrote its libretto. Blondy was responsible for the ballets (see seventeenth-century volume for abbé Pellegrin and Blondy). It had its premiere in Paris on 20 July 1728, and its first and only run lasted through 13 August 1728. Two roles were sung by Mlle Erremans (Vénus, Amaryllis) and Mlle Pélissier (Terpsichore, Doris), while Mlles…