PART I. "LA PRISE DE TROIE

THE CAPTURE OF TROY

Opera in three acts, by Berlioz. Words by the composer, based upon a scenario furnished by Liszt's friend, the Princess Caroline Sayn-Wittgenstein. Produced, November 6, 1890, in Karlsruhe, under the direction of Felix Mottl.

CHARACTERS

PRIAM _Bass_ HECUBA _Contralto_ CASSANDRA _Mezzo-Soprano_ POLYXENA _Soprano_ HECTOR'S ghost _Bass_ ANDROMACHE } _Mutes_ ASTYONAX } ÆNEAS _Tenor_ ASCANIUS _Soprano_ PANTHEUS _Bass_ CHOROEBUS _Baritone_

_Time_--1183 B.C.

_Place_--The Trojan Plain.