Bacchus

Bacchus was presented as an opera in four acts and seven tableaux with a libretto by Catulle Mendès and a score by Jules Massenet. Its choreography was created by Léo Staats. Pinchon did the costuming, and the sets were designed by Amable and Cioccari (a. 1; a. 3, tabl. 1); Rochette and Landrin (a. 2, 4); and Mouveau and Demoget (a. 3, table. 2). It had its world premiere at the Opéra on 2 May 1909, but it failed to arouse the interest of audiences, and it had to be dropped from the repertory…