Callirhoé

The libretto, by Pierre-Charles Roy, is based on a story from The Description of Greece by Pausanias (see Coresus).

The opera was first performed on 27 December 1712, by the Académie royale de musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris.

Her parents are forcing her to marry a man she loathes, Corésus, the high priest of Bacchus, when she is really in love with Agénor.

Eager to put an end to the disturbances, Callirhoé's mother takes her daughter to consult the oracle of Pan.

As Agénor and Callirhoé enter the temple, both eager to sacrifice themselves to save the other, Corésus stabs himself to death.