Jephté
Subtitle: tragedie tirée de l'Ecriture Sainte : représentée par l'Academie royale de musique, pour la premiere fois, le quatriéme mars 1732, remise le vingt-sixiéme fevrier 1733
Contributors: Montéclair, Michel Pignolet de, 1667-1737, composer; Ballard, Christophe, 1641-1715, printer; Opéra de Paris; John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)
Publisher: De l'Imprimerie de Jean-Baptiste-Christophe Ballard ...
Published: 1738
Place of publication: Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 57
Subjects: Operas; Librettos
Work titles: Jephté
Notes: Libretto for a Biblical opera in 5 acts with prologue.

Text by S.-J. Pellegrin; music by M.P. Montéclair. Cf. New Grove online.

First performed at the Opéra, Paris, on 28 February 1732, according to most sources; possibly a second edition of the libretto, with changes to Act 5. Cf. Lajarte, Th. de. Bibliothèque musicale du Théâtre de l'Opéra, I, p. 150.

Signatures: ā⁴ ē⁴ A-G⁴ [H]².

"Privilege du Roy": p. [2] (last group).

"Le prix est de XXX. sols."

Includes named cast lists of singers, actors, and dancers.

Sonneck, O.T.G. Librettos, I, p. 661.