Opera in the Repertoire · Baroque
Circé
Music by Henri Desmarets
Circé is an opera composed by Henri Desmarets to a libretto by Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge and first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 1 October 1694. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The piece concerns the sorceress Circe who appears in Greek mythology and in Homer's Odyssey.
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About the Composer
Henri Desmarets is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Henri Desmarets
- Didon (1693)