Sémiramis

Sémiramis is a lyric tragedy in five acts and a prologue with a musical score by André-Cardinal Destouches and a libretto by Pierre-Charles Roy (see seventeenth-century volume for Des touches and Roy). It had its premiere at the Palais-Royal on 7 December 1718, according to Le Journal de l’Opéra and its first run extended for 23 performances through 13 January 1719. Sémiramis was never revived. It must be noted, however, that Sémiramis was a rather popular heroine in the theatre at this time…