Andromaque (opera)
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Andromaque is an opera in three acts by the composer André Ernest Modeste Grétry. The French libretto is an adaptation of Jean Racine's play Andromaque by Louis-Guillaume Pitra. It was first performed
Composer André Grétry
Neoptolemus
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In Greek mythology, Neoptolemus, originally called Pyrrhus at birth, was the son of the mythical warrior Achilles and the princess Deidamia, and the brother of Oneiros. He became the progenitor of the
Andromaque (opera)
…opera house and Andromaque was never revived in France. Roles Cast Voice type Premiere: 6 June 1780 Andromaque (Andromache) soprano Rosalie Levasseur Pyrrhus tenor Joseph Legros Hermione soprano Marie-Joséphine Laguerre Oreste (Orestes) baritone Henri Larrivée Phoenix Synopsis This is a synopsis of the first…
Neoptolemus killing Priam on a black-figure amphora, Louvre.
Scene from the tragedy Andromache by Euripides: Orestes kills Neoptolemus at the altar of Apollo in Delphi. Despairing Hermione, wife of Neoptolemus but previously promised to Orestes, kneels at the foot of the altar. Roman fresco in Pompeii
Andromache and Pyrrhus, by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1810