Bellérophon
Cast Voice type Premiere , 31 January 1679 ( Conductor : - )
Apollon ( prologue ) bass François Beaumavielle
Pan ( prologue ) baritone Arnoul
Bacchus ( prologue ) tenor Roy
Bellérophon haute-contre Bernard Clédière
Sténobée soprano de Saint-Christophe
Philonoé soprano Marie Aubry
Argie mezzo-soprano Bony
Pallas mezzo-soprano de La Prée
Jobate baritone Jean Gaye
Amisodar bass Nouveau
Pythie tenor Roy
Sacrificial priest bass Pulvigny
Roles
Bellérophon is an opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Thomas Corneille and Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle first performed by the Opéra at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris on 31 January 1679. The opera played for nine months and was one of Lully's greatest successes.