Démophon Explained

Démophon is a French-language opera by the composer Johann Christoph Vogel, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 15 September 1789. The libretto is by Philippe Desriaux. The second and last of Vogel's operas to be staged, it was premiered after the composer's death at the age of 32 the previous year.

Roles

CastVoice typePremiere
Démophon, King of Thracebasse-taille (bass-baritone)Martin-Joseph Adrien
Timante, son of Démophon, secretly married to DircéetenorÉtienne Lainez
DircéesopranoMarie-Wilhelmine de Roussellois
Narbaltenor/baritoneFrançois Lays
Adrastebasse-taille (bass-baritone)Châteaufort
Un coryphéebasse-taillePierre-Charles Le Roux (the younger)[1]
Le grand prêtre (the high priest)basse-taille (bass-baritone)Dufresne
Diane (the goddess Diana)sopranoBurette
Une coryphéesopranoMullot (or Mulot)
Chorus: Priests, warriors and people of Thrace

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    1. Le Roux was a former member of the Choir numbered among the tailles (bari-tenors) (cf. composition of the Choirs reported in the original libretto of Antonio Salieri's Tarare).