title: Électre (opera)
text: # Électre (opera)
  
  Électre (Electra) is an opera by the French composer Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opéra) on 2 July 1782. It takes the form of a tragédie lyrique in three acts. The libretto, by Nicolas-François Guillard, is based on the Greek myth of Electra.
  
  ## Roles
  
  Roles, voice types, premiere cast :
  
  | Cast | Voice type | Premiere cast |
  | - | - | - |
  | Égisthe (Aegisthus) | baritone | François Lays |
  | Clytemnestre (Clytemnestra) | soprano | Françoise-Claude-Marie-Rosalie Campagne (called Mlle Duplant) |
  | Électre (Electra) | soprano | Rosalie Levasseur |
  | Oreste (Orestes) | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Henri Larrivée |
  | Pilade (Pylades) | taille (baritenor) | Étienne Lainez |
  | Arcas | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Moreau |
  | Chrysothémis (Chrysothemis) | soprano | Antoinette Saint-Huberty |
  | Un officer du palais (an officer of the palace) | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Simon Chénard |
  | Le grand prêtre (the high priest) | basse taille (bass-baritone) | Simon Chénard |
  | Une Argienne (a woman of Argos) | soprano | Suzanne Joinville |
  | Un Argien (a man of Argos) | haute-contre | Jean-Joseph Rousseau [it] |
  | Chorus: Lords and ladies of the court, people of Mycenae, Trojan captives, Eumenides, demons |||
  