Alcyone sees a body washed up on the beach and, believing it is Ceyx, runs herself through with a sword. Peleus confesses his love for her and is so ashamed he offers to commit suicide. She falls asleep and in a dream conjured up by Sommeil (Sleep) she sees a ship in trouble on a stormy sea.Īct 5: Alcyone is full of foreboding. But Peleus's conscience is troubled when he sees Alcyone faint at the departure of Ceyx.Īct 4: Alcyone goes to the temple of Juno to pray for the safe return of Ceyx. Phorbas tells Peleus that he has arranged the voyage so Peleus can be free to woo Alcyone for himself.

In reality, this is a plan by Phorbas to bring about the death of Ceyx.Īct 3:Ceyx sets sail from the port of Trachis. But Phorbas tells Ceyx he must journey to the oracle of Apollo on the island of Claros to hear the god's verdict. The wedding ceremony is disrupted by the magic of Phorbas, whose ancestors once ruled Trachis and who is bent on revenge against Ceyx.Īct 2:Ceyx goes to Phorbas's cave to entreat him to stop his evil spells. Peleus, the best friend of Ceyx, is also in love with Alcyone. Apollo wishes for a return to the reign of peace over the world, symbolised by the Halcyons.Īct 1: Ceyx, King of Trachis, and Alcyone, daughter of Aeolus, are due to be married. Prologue: The mountain god Tmolus decides a musical competition between Pan and Apollo in favour of the latter. Roles Roles, voice types, premiere cast Role Having been recorded by Erato in 1990, Alcione received its first stage production since the composer's death as the first work to appear at the newly refurbished Opéra Comique in Paris on 25 April 2017 directed by Louise Moaty, Jordi Savall conducted Le Concert des Nations, with Lea Desandre in the title role and Marc Mauillon, Cyril Auvity, Lisandro Abadie and Antonio Abete among the cast. The 'Marche pour les Matelots', from act 3, became popular as a dance tune and is the basis of the Christmas carol ' Masters in This Hall'.

The score is particularly famous for the storm scene ( tempête) in act 4. The opera was first performed on 18 February 1706 by the Académie royale de musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. The libretto, by Antoine Houdar de la Motte, is based on the Greek myth of Ceyx and Alcyone as recounted by Ovid in his Metamorphoses.

It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. Alcyone is an opera by the French composer Marin Marais.

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