Orion (Lacoste)

Orion is an opera by the French composer Louis Lacoste, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 17 February 1728. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto was begun by Joseph de Lafont, and completed after his death by Simon-Joseph Pellegrin. The plot is based on the Greek myth of Orion.

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