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Composer
Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully
1632 - 1687 IT 1*
Bio
Born: 28/11/1632, Firenze IT
Died: 22/03/1687, Paris FR
In close collaboration with the librettist Philippe Quinault, Lully founded the tradition of tragédie en musique, combining singing, dance and visual spectacle, which would remain the most prestigious French operatic genre for almost a hundred years.
Genres
Tragédie en musique, Opéra-ballet
Article in Wikipedia
Selection of key operas
  • Persée
  • Pastorale comique
  • Isis
  • Les fêtes de l'amour et de Bacchus FR
  • Bellérophon
  • Atys
  • Alceste
  • Cadmus et Hermione - 1673 - Tragédie en musique
  • Amadis - 1684
  • Armide - 1686
  • Acis et Galatée FR - 1686 - Opéra-ballet
  • Achille et Polyxène - 1687
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