First performance 2 July 1782 Librettist Nicolas-François Guillard | Composer Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne | |
Similar Chimène, Les Horaces, Œdipe à Colone, Iphigénie en Tauride |
Électre (Electra) is an opera by the French composer Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opéra) on 2 July 1782. It takes the form of a tragédie lyrique in three acts. The libretto, by Nicolas-François Guillard, is based on the Greek myth of Electra.
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