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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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
opera character
appearsIn Les Troyens NERFINISHED
appearsInAct Act I of Les Troyens NERFINISHED
Act II of Les Troyens NERFINISHED
associatedMotif doom
incredulity
vision
basedOn Cassandra NERFINISHED
characterTrait despairing
doomed
lucid
prophetic
creator Hector Berlioz NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
gender female
languageOfWork French
librettistOfWork Hector Berlioz NERFINISHED
nationality Trojan
notableAria "Malheureux roi!"
notableProductionContext French grand opera repertoire GENERATED
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 NERFINISHED
sibling Hector NERFINISHED
Paris NERFINISHED
Troilus NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED

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Les Troyens character Cassandre