Écho et Narcisse

Écho et Narcisse (Echo and Narcissus) is a 1779 drame lyrique in three acts, the last original opera written by Christoph Willibald Gluck, his sixth for the French stage.

The libretto, written by Louis-Théodore de Tschudi, tells the story of the love between Echo and Narcissus.

Écho et Narcisse was first performed on 24 September 1779 by the Paris Opéra in the second Salle du Palais-Royal.

The opera is in the pastoral tradition, a genre not in favor at the Opéra at the time,[1] and it was a failure, discontinued after only 12 performances.

However, it was infrequently produced until René Jacobs revived it in 1987 at the Schwetzingen Festival.