Psyche is a semi-opera in five acts with music by Matthew Locke to a libretto by Thomas Shadwell with dances (now lost) by Giovanni Battista Draghi.
It was first performed at Dorset Garden Theatre, London on 27 February 1675 by the Duke's Company with choreography the French dancing-master Saint-André.
As a contemporary, John Downes, wrote:The long expected Opera of Psyche came forth in all her Ornaments; new Scenes, new Machines, new Cloaths, new French Dances.
(For his recording of Psyche Philip Pickett orchestrated some harpsichord pieces by Draghi to fill in the gaps resulting from the loss of his original dances.)
Singing roles include: Venus, Proserpine, Pyracmon, River God, Apollo, Chief Priest, Praesul, Mars, Vulcan, Pan, Brontes, Pluto, Envy, Bacchus, Steropes, Nymphs.