Cassandre

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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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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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