In 1735, the soprano who had premiered Iphise, Catherine-Nicole Lemaure, was forced to appear in that year's revival via threats of imprisonment if she would not do so; therefore, she intentionally bombed the performance and was booed at by the audience.
[1][2] She was detained overnight at For-l'Évêque, a Parisian prison, until she returned the next night to sing the role correctly.
[1] La Verité (Truth) tells the false pagan gods, Apollo, Venus and Polyhymnia to go to Elysium with their fellows,for their time is over.
The high priest Phinée chooses Jephté as leader of the Israelites as they prepare to attack the people of Ephraim.
He refuses the urging of his follower, Abner, to escape because he has fallen in love with Jephtha's daughter, Iphise.