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Persée
Tragédie lyrique by François-André Danican Philidor
	Portrait of Philidor, London, 1777
Librettist	Jean-François Marmontel
Language	French
Based on	Philippe Quinault's libretto for Persée
Premiere	4 October 1780; Académie Royale de Musique, Paris

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Persée (Perseus) is an opera by the French composer François-André Danican Philidor first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique, Paris (the Paris Opera) on 24 October 1780. It takes the form of a tragédie lyrique in three acts. The text is a reworking, by Jean-François Marmontel, of a libretto by Philippe Quinault, originally set by Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1682. Philidor's version was not a success.

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast
Céphée (Cepheus), King of Ethiopia	basse-taille (bass-baritone)	Moreau
Cassiope (Cassiopeia), wife of Céphée	soprano	Françoise-Claude-Marie-Rosalie Campagne (called Mlle Duplant)
Andromède (Andromeda), daughter of Céphée and Cassiope	soprano	Rosalie Levasseur
Persée (Perseus), son of Jupiter	haute-contre	Joseph Legros
Phinée, prince of Ethiopia	bass-baritone	Henri Larrivée
Mercure (the god Mercury)	tenor	Étienne Lainez
Méduse Medusa, a Gorgon	soprano	Mlle Duranci (also spelled Durancy)^[1]
Euryale, a Gorgon (travesti)	haute-contre	Jean-Joseph Rousseau [it]^[2]
Stenone, a Gorgon (travesti)	?	Perré
Orcas, an Ethiopian	bass-baritone	Auguste-Athanase (Augustin) Chéron
Proténor, an Ethiopian	taille (bari-tenor)	François Laïs (or Lays)
Un cyclope (a cyclops)	bass-baritone	Durand
A Triton	?	Perré
Vénus (the goddess Venus)	soprano	Châteauvieux
Une nymphe guerrière (a warrior nymph)	soprano	Suzanne Joinville

Plot

Notes

^ Stage name of Madeleine-Céleste Fieuzal (or Fieusacq) de Frossac
^ Sources traditionally report only the initial letter (J.) of this singer's name; full details, however, can be found in "Organico dei fratelli a talento della Loggia parigina di Saint-Jean d'Écosse du Contrat Social (1773-89)" (list of the members of this Masonic lodge), reported as an Appendix in Zeffiro Ciuffoletti and Sergio Moravia (eds), La Massoneria. La storia, gli uomini, le idee, Milan, Mondadori, 2004, ISBN 978-8804536468 (in Italian).

Sources

(in French) Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse Dictionnaire des Opéras, p.525.
(in French) Original libretto on Gallica BNF

[1] Stage name of Madeleine-Céleste Fieuzal (or Fieusacq) de Frossac

[2] Sources traditionally report only the initial letter (J.) of this singer's name; full details, however, can be found in "Organico dei fratelli a talento della Loggia parigina di Saint-Jean d'Écosse du Contrat Social (1773-89)" (list of the members of this Masonic lodge), reported as an Appendix in Zeffiro Ciuffoletti and Sergio Moravia (eds), La Massoneria. La storia, gli uomini, le idee, Milan, Mondadori, 2004, ISBN 978-8804536468 (in Italian).

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+{{Short description|Tragédie lyrique by François-André Danican Philidor}}
-{{italic title}}
+{{Infobox opera
-'''''Persée''''' (''[[Perseus]]'') is an opera by the French composer [[François-André Danican Philidor]] first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique, Paris (the [[Paris Opera]]) on 24 October 1780. It takes the form of a ''[[tragédie en musique|tragédie lyrique]]'' in three acts. The text is a reworking, by [[Jean-François Marmontel]], of a libretto by [[Philippe Quinault]], [[Persée|originally set]] by [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] in 1682. Philidor's version was not a success.
+| name              = {{lang|fr|Persée}}
+| type              = [[tragédie en musique|Tragédie lyrique]]
+| composer          = {{nowrap|[[François-André Danican Philidor]]}}
+| image             = André Philidor.jpg
+| image_upright     = 0.9
+| caption           = Portrait of Philidor, London, 1777
+| librettist        = [[Jean-François Marmontel]]
+| language          = French
+| based_on          = [[Philippe Quinault]]'s libretto for ''[[Persée (Lully)|Persée]]''
+| premiere_date     = {{Start date|1780|10|04|df=y}}
+| premiere_location = [[Paris Opera|Académie Royale de Musique]], Paris
+}}
+'''''Persée''''' (''[[Perseus]]'') is an opera by the French composer [[François-André Danican Philidor]] first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique, Paris (the [[Paris Opera]]) on 24 October 1780. It takes the form of a ''[[tragédie en musique|tragédie lyrique]]'' in three acts. The text is a reworking, by [[Jean-François Marmontel]], of a libretto by [[Philippe Quinault]], [[Persée (Lully)|originally set]] by [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]] in 1682. Philidor's version was not a success.
 ==Roles==
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 !Premiere cast
 |-
-|Céphée ([[Cepheus]]), ''King of Ethiopia''
+|Céphée ([[Cepheus, King of Aethiopia|Cepheus]]), ''King of Ethiopia''
 |''basse-taille'' ([[bass-baritone]])
 |Moreau
 |-
-|Cassiope ([[Cassiopeia]]), ''wife of Céphée''
+|Cassiope ([[Cassiopeia (Queen of Aethiopia)|Cassiopeia]]), ''wife of Céphée''
 |[[soprano]]
-|Françoise-Claude-Marie-Rosalie Campagne Duplant
+|Françoise-Claude-Marie-Rosalie Campagne (called Mlle Duplant)
 |-
-|Andromède ([[Andromeda]]), ''daughter of Céphée and Cassiope''
+|Andromède ([[Andromeda (mythology)|Andromeda]]), ''daughter of Céphée and Cassiope''
 |soprano
 |[[Rosalie Levasseur]]
 |-
 |Persée ([[Perseus]]), ''son of Jupiter''
 |''[[haute-contre]]''
 |[[Joseph Legros]]
 |-
 |Phinée, ''prince of Ethiopia''
 |bass-baritone
 |[[Henri Larrivée]]
@@ Line 32: / Line 45: @@
 |[[Étienne Lainez]]
 |-
 |Méduse [[Medusa]], ''a Gorgon''
 |soprano
-|Céleste [Célestine] Duranci <ref>Stage name of Madeleine-Céleste Fieuzal (or Fieusacq) de Frossac</ref>
+|Mlle Duranci (also spelled Durancy)<ref>Stage name of Madeleine-Céleste Fieuzal (or Fieusacq) de Frossac</ref>
 |-
 |Euryale, ''a Gorgon'' ([[Travesti (theatre)|travesti]])
 |haute-contre
+|{{Interlanguage link|Jean-Joseph Rousseau|it}}<ref>Sources traditionally report only the initial letter (J.) of this singer's name; full details, however, can be found in "Organico dei fratelli a talento della Loggia parigina di Saint-Jean d'Écosse du Contrat Social (1773-89)" (list of the members of this Masonic lodge), reported as an ''Appendix'' in Zeffiro Ciuffoletti and Sergio Moravia (eds), ''La Massoneria. La storia, gli uomini, le idee'', Milan, Mondadori, 2004, {{ISBN|978-8804536468}} {{in lang|it}}.</ref>
-|J. Rousseau
 |-
 |Stenone, ''a Gorgon'' (travesti)
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 |Orcas, ''an Ethiopian''
 |bass-baritone
-|Augustin Chéron
+|Auguste-Athanase (Augustin) Chéron
 |-
 |Proténor, ''an Ethiopian''
 |taille ([[bari-tenor]])
-|François Laïs
+|[[François Lays|François Laïs (or Lays)]]
 |-
 |Un cyclope (a [[cyclops]])
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 |Durand
 |-
-|A [[Triton]]
+|A [[Triton (mythology)|Triton]]
 |?
 |Perré
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 |Une nymphe guerrière (a warrior [[nymph]])
 |soprano
-|Joinville
+|Suzanne Joinville
 |-
 |}
+==Plot==
+{{No plot|date=April 2024}}
 ==Notes==
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 ==Sources==
-*{{fr}} [http://openlibrary.org/books/OL24402733M/Dictionnaire_des_opéras Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse ''Dictionnaire des Opéras''], p.525.
+* {{in lang|fr}} [https://openlibrary.org/books/OL24402733M/Dictionnaire_des_opéras Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse ''Dictionnaire des Opéras''], p.525.
-*{{fr}} [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k123065f/f1.image.r=Persee%20Philidor.langEN Original libretto on Gallica BNF]
+* {{in lang|fr}} [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k123065f/f1.image.r=Persee%20Philidor.langEN Original libretto on Gallica BNF]
+{{François-André Danican Philidor}}
+{{Authority control}}
+{{Portal bar|Opera}}
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 [[Category:1780 operas]]
 [[Category:Operas]]
+[[Category:Andromeda (mythology)]]
+[[Category:Operas based on classical mythology]]
+[[Category:Cultural depictions of Medusa]]
-{{french-opera-stub}}
+[[Category:Libretti by Jean-François Marmontel]]

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