Chimène
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This article is about the opera by Antonio Sacchini. For the French singer, see Chimène Badi. For the character in Corneille's play Le Cid, see Le Cid and Jimena Díaz.
Chimène, ou Le Cid is a French-language opera by Antonio Sacchini. It takes the form of a tragédie (lyrique) in three acts, with a libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard. It was first staged at Fontainebleau on 16 November 1783. The subject of the work was inspired by the tragicomedy Le Cid by Pierre Corneille, and indirectly by the medieval Spanish epic Cantar de Mio Cid and a play by Guillén de Castro y Bellvís, Las Mocedades del Cid. Comedia Comedia primera and segunda (also known as Las Hazañas del Cid) (1605–1615).