Amadis de Grèce

Amadis de Grèce (Amadis of Greece) is an opera by the French composer André Cardinal Destouches, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 26 March 1699.

La Motte's text was adapted to produce the Italian-language libretto for Handel's opera seria Amadigi di Gaula (1715).

In the evening he heard in the chamber of Saint-Louis the repetition of a music made by Destouches for a new opera.

""In the evening they repeated in the gallery des Cerfs half of the new opera made by Destouches.

""In the evening, the last three acts of Destouches' new opera were repeated in the Galerie des Cerfs.

Composer André Cardinal Destouches
Amadis, character of the opera Amadis de Grèce by André Cardinal Destouches
A scene from Act III of André Destouches's opera Amadis de Grèce. Amadis gazes at his reflection in the fountain of the truth of love; Melisse stands at left.
Académie Royale de Musique