Amadis de Grèce

Amadis de Grèce is an opera by the French composer André Cardinal Destouches, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique 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''.

Characters

Main characters

Characters	Premiere Cast
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

Others

A young sailor
An Enchanter
An enchanted Knight
An enchanted Princess
The party leader
Two Shepherds

Rehearsals

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 :

Early performances

Académie Royale de Musique in 1699

Amadis de Grèce was premiered in the Académie Royale de Musique on the 26 of March, 1699.

Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels in 1711

Amadis de Grèce was performed in the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels in 1711.

Queen's Concerts in 1732

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.