Idoménée

thumb|Title page of the original libretto Idoménée (English: Idomeneus) is an opera by the French composer André Campra. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. Idoménée was first performed on 12 January 1712 by the Académie royale de musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. The libretto, by Antoine Danchet, is based on a stage play by Crébillon père. It later formed the basis of Giambattista Varesco's libretto for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Idomeneo.

==Roles== {| class="wikitable" |+ !Role !Voice type !Premiere cast, 12 January 1712 |- |Idoménée |bass-baritone |Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard |- |Eole/Arbas |bass-baritone |Charles Hardouin |- |Idamante |haute-contre |Jacques Cochereau |- |Ilione |soprano |Françoise Journet |- |Arcas |haute-contre |Jean-Baptiste Buseau |- |Dircé |soprano |Marie Antier |- |Neptune/High sacrificer of Neptune |bass-baritone |Jean Dun 'père' |- |Two sacrificers |haute-contre;taille (baritenor) |Robert Lebel;M Deshayes |- |Electre |soprano |Mlle Pestel |- |Vénus |soprano |Marie-Catherine Poussin |- |A follower of Vénus |soprano |Mlle Loignon |- |Two sea divinities/Two sheperdesses |sopranos |Mlles Delaurier and Terlet |- |Protée |bass-baritone |M Drot |- |La Jalousie/Némésis (travesti) |taille (baritenor) |Louis Mantienne |- |A woman from Crete |soprano |Mlle Linbour |- |Another shepherdess |soprano |Mlle Dekerkof |- |}