Diane et Endymion

Niccolò Piccinni

Diane et Endymion (Diana and Endymion) is a French-language opera by the composer Niccolò Piccinni, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique, Paris (the Paris Opera) on 7 September 1784. It takes the form of an opéra (tragédie lyrique) in three acts. The libretto, by Jean-François Espic Chevalier de Liroux, is based on the story of the goddess Diana's love for the shepherd Endymion.

Sources

  • (in French) Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse Dictionnaire des Opéras, p. 212.
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Opera
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  • Le donne vendicate (1763)
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