Callirhoé
Music by André Cardinal Destouches
Callirhoé is an opera by the French composer André Cardinal Destouches. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by Pierre-Charles Roy, is based on a story from Description of Greece by Pausanias (see Coresus). The opera was first performed on 27 December 1712, by the Académie royale de musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. Destouches reworked the score for a revival on 22 October 1743. This version ends abruptly with the death of Corésus.
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About the Composer
André Cardinal Destouches (sometimes called des Touches) (baptised 6 April 1672 – 7 February 1749) was a French composer best known for the opéra-ballet Les élémens.
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Other Operas by André Cardinal Destouches
- Issé
- Amadis de Grèce (1699)