Léandre et Héro


Léandre et Héro is an opera by the French composer the Marquis de Brassac, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique on 25 April 1750. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan, is based on the Greek legend of Hero and Leander.