Phèdre (opera)

Phèdre (French pronunciation: [fɛdʁ], Phaedra) is an opera by the French composer Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, first performed at Fontainebleau on 26 October 1786.

It takes the form of a tragédie mise en musique in three acts.

The libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman is based on the Greek myth of the obsessive love of Phaedra for her stepson Hippolytus.

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