Orphée (Louis Lully)
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The title page of the opera
Orphée (Orpheus) is an opera by the French composer Louis Lully, with contributions from his brother Jean-Baptiste Lully the Younger. It was first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 21 February 1690. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in five acts and a prologue. The libretto is by Michel du Boulay.
Sources
- (French) Libretto at "Livres baroques"
- (French) Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse Dictionnaire des Opéras, Paris, 1881, page 447.
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