Sabinus

Sabinus is a lyric tragedy in five acts with a score by Gossec and a libretto by Chabanon de Maugris that had its world premiere at Versailles on 4 December 1773. It was taken to the Opéra on 22 February 1774 and mounted on 11 dates between the time of its Paris premiere and 18 March 1774, but it was not supported by the public and had to be dropped. The action of the tragedy starts at Langres on the day of Eponine’s marriage to Sabinus, who hopes to defeat Mucien and the Romans before his own…