Amadis de Grèce (Amadis of Greece) is an opera by the French composer André Cardinal Destouches, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 26 March 1699. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by Antoine Houdar de La Motte, is based on the medieval romance Amadis de Gaula. La Motte's text was adapted to produce the Italian-language libretto for Handel's opera seria Amadigi di Gaula (1715).
| Amadis | Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard | |
| Zirpheus | Miss Poussin | |
| Melissa | Francoise Journet | |
| Nicated | Miss Moreau | |
| Prince of Thrace | Louis Gaulard Dumesny | |
| The shadow of the prince of Thrace | Louis Gaulard Dumesny |
Rehearsals were held at Fontainebleau on October 17 and 24, as well as on November 7, 1698. Here is what the Marquis de Dangeau recorded in his Journal :
Amadis de Grèce was premiered in the Académie Royale de Musique on the 26 of March, 1699.
Amadis de Grèce was performed in the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels in 1711.[1]
Amadis de Grèce was performed during the Queen's Concerts in March 1732. The prologue and act I were performed on March 3 of 1732, then acts II and II on March 5, acts IV and V on March 10.[1]