"The history of music is not simply the history of masterpieces… Posterity is not always fair and can be fickle, and our keenest hope is that the curiosity of the reader will be attracted to a number of works that merit more than a passing reference in music history." – Vincent Giroud
Tragédie lyrique in a prologue and 5 actsComposer : Jean-Baptiste LullyLibretto : Philippe QuinaultFirst performed : Académie royale de musique (1re salle du Palais-Royal), 17 April 1682, conducted by the composer ; Versailles, June 1682 ★ Quinault's libretti remove the imagination of the Greek myths, petrifying them, as if with the Gorgon's head, into bland and predictable court entertainment. … Continue reading 110. Persée (Lully)
Tragédie lyrique in a prologue and 5 actsComposer: Jean-Baptiste LullyLibrettist : Philippe QuinaultFirst performed : Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 3 February 1680; Acadëmie royale de musique (1re salle du Palais-Royal), 16 November 1680, conducted by Lully Prologue LA PAIXSopranoCatherine FerdinandLA VICTOIRESopranoClaude FerdinandLA FÉLICITÉSopranoMlle RebelL'ABONDANCESopranoMlle De Pulvigny ou PuvignéLA DISCORDEHaute-contreM. de PulvignySuites de la Paix, de la Victoire et de la … Continue reading 109. Proserpine (Lully)
Tragédie lyrique in a prologue and 5 acts Composer : Jean-Baptiste Lully Libretto : Thomas Corneille & Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle First performed : Académie royale de musique, théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris, 31 January 1679 Prologue BACCHUSHaute-contreRoyPANBassArnoulBACCHUSTenorLe-RoyAPOLLONBassFrançois BeaumavielleTHE NINE MUSES – Choruses of Aegipans, Maenads, Shepherds and Shepherdesses Tragédie PHILONOË, daughter of Jobate, king of LyciaSopranoMarie AubrySTENOBÉE, … Continue reading 108. Bellérophon (Lully)
The Opera Scribe 