Électre (opera)
# Électre (opera)

Électre (Electra) is an opera by the French composer Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opéra) on 2 July 1782. It takes the form of a tragédie lyrique in three acts. The libretto, by Nicolas-François Guillard, is based on the Greek myth of Electra.

## Roles

Roles, voice types, premiere cast :

| Cast | Voice type | Premiere cast |
| - | - | - |
| Égisthe (Aegisthus) | baritone | François Lays |
| Clytemnestre (Clytemnestra) | soprano | Françoise-Claude-Marie-Rosalie Campagne (called Mlle Duplant) |
| Électre (Electra) | soprano | Rosalie Levasseur |
| Oreste (Orestes) | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Henri Larrivée |
| Pilade (Pylades) | taille (baritenor) | Étienne Lainez |
| Arcas | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Moreau |
| Chrysothémis (Chrysothemis) | soprano | Antoinette Saint-Huberty |
| Un officer du palais (an officer of the palace) | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Simon Chénard |
| Le grand prêtre (the high priest) | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Simon Chénard |
| Une Argienne (a woman of Argos) | soprano | Suzanne Joinville |
| Un Argien (a man of Argos) | haute-contre | Jean-Joseph Rousseau [it] |
| Chorus: Lords and ladies of the court, people of Mycenae, Trojan captives, Eumenides, demons |||
