Thémistocle

Thémistocle was offered as a lyric tragedy in three acts with a score by Philidor , a libretto by Morel de Chédeville , and choreography by Maximilien Gardel . It had its world premiere at Fontainebleau on 2 November 1785 and was staged for the first time in Paris at the Opéra on 23 May 1786. Audiences did not take kindly to it, and their indifference was still another sign that the public was growing tired of heroic subjects and was awaiting compositions incorporating new types of…