# Cymon

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'''''Cymon''''' is a five-act [opera](/source/opera) composed by [Michael Arne](/source/Michael_Arne), with a [libretto](/source/libretto) by [David Garrick](/source/David_Garrick).<ref name=Grove>{{cite Grove|last=Parkinson|first=John A.|title=''Cymon''|year=2002|id=O901166}}</ref>

''Cymon and Iphigenia'' is a novella taken from [Boccaccio](/source/Giovanni_Boccaccio)'s ''[Decamerone](/source/The_Decameron)'' ([day five, first tale](/source/Summary_of_Decameron_tales)) and developed later by the poet and dramatist [John Dryden](/source/John_Dryden). ''Cymon'' tells the story of a captive prince who falls in love with a shepherdess named Sylvia. The prince's captor, Urganda, threatens to punish Sylvia, but [Merlin](/source/Merlin) the magician frustrates her plans, allowing the lovers to unite.<ref name=Grove />

''Cymon'' was first performed at the [Theatre Royal, Drury Lane](/source/Theatre_Royal%2C_Drury_Lane), London, on 2 January 1767. A subsequent 64 performances, in seven seasons, made it Michael Arne's biggest success.<ref name=Grove />

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