Inspired by the Psych� created collectively by Lully, Moli�re, Corneille and Quinault, Locke's Psyche was a veritable artistic firework display: seeking to vie in splendor with the operas of continental Europe, it luxuriously combined theatre, song, dance, and spectacular machines and scenery. S�bastien Dauc� here offers us his splendid reconstruction of this key masterpiece in the history of early English opera.