Pirame et Thisbé


Pirame et Thisbé is an opera by the French composers François Francoeur and François Rebel, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique on 17 October 1726. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by Jean-Louis-Ignace de La Serre, is based on the story of Pyramus and Thisbe in Ovid's Metamorphoses. The role of Thisbé was created by Marie Pélissier.

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