Cassandre

E815624

Cassandre is the prophetic but doomed Trojan princess in Hector Berlioz’s opera *Les Troyens*, whose accurate visions of Troy’s destruction are tragically ignored.

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Cassandre canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
opera character ⓘ
appearsIn Les Troyens ⓘ
appearsInAct Act I of Les Troyens ⓘ
linked to: Les Troyens

Act II of Les Troyens ⓘ
linked to: Les Troyens
associatedMotif doom ⓘ
incredulity ⓘ
vision ⓘ
basedOn Cassandra ⓘ
characterTrait despairing ⓘ
doomed ⓘ
lucid ⓘ
prophetic ⓘ
creator Hector Berlioz ⓘ
dramaticFunction prologue figure of doom ⓘ
tragic seer ⓘ
familyRelation daughter of Hecuba ⓘ
daughter of Priam ⓘ
fate captivity after fall of Troy ⓘ
firstPerformanceDateOfWork 1863 ⓘ
firstPerformanceWork Les Troyens ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
librettistOfWork Hector Berlioz ⓘ
nationality Trojan ⓘ
notableAria "Malheureux roi!" ⓘ
notableProductionContext French grand opera repertoire ⓘ
notableScene final suicide scene with Chorèbe ⓘ
occupation prophetess ⓘ
operaGenreContext grand opera ⓘ
positionInNarrative Trojan princess ⓘ
prophecyAccuracy always accurate ⓘ
prophecyReception ignored by Trojans ⓘ
prophecyTheme destruction of Troy ⓘ
relationship beloved of Chorèbe ⓘ
setting Troy ⓘ
sibling Hector ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Troilus ⓘ
theme inevitability of fate ⓘ
the tragedy of unheeded prophecy ⓘ
timePeriodOfFiction mythic Trojan War era ⓘ
vocalType dramatic soprano ⓘ
mezzo-soprano ⓘ
workForm five-act opera ⓘ
workSourceMaterial Virgil's Aeneid ⓘ

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