APGRD id
15012
Start date
29th November 1893
Production Media
Opera, Musical, and related genres
Languages
French
Associated ancient works
Companies
APGRD Notes
Operatic version of the Philemon and Baucis episode of Ovid's Metamorphoses, as adapted in Jean de La Fontaine's Fables. This production premiered the opera at the Met and was double billed with Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana, and, in the 13 December 1895 performance, a scene from Thomas' Hamlet.
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/15012