Significant French Operas

Titles beginning with P

Phryné

Opera comique in 2 acts in free verse

Music by Camille Saint-Saëns

Libretto by Lucine Augé de Lassus

First Performance: Opéra-Comique, Paris, May 24, 1893

Cast:
Phryné                                                         Soprano
Lampito, Phryné's Slave                           Soprano
Dicéphile, Archonte                                  Bass chantante
Nicias, Nephew of Dicéphile                  Tenor
Cynalopex, démarque                              2^nd Tenor
Agoragine, démarque                               Bass
a Herald                                                       
People, Slaves, singers, dancers, 2 players (flute & tambourine) Sythian Soldiers

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Last updated: January 22, 2008