Acis et Galatée

Acis et Galatée is a pastoral opera ( Pastorale Héroïque ) in three acts and a prologue by Jean -Baptiste Lully.

Formation

Lully created this opera for a performance at Anet castle. The libretto was delivered on Jean Racine's mediation Jean- Galbert de Campistron since Lully had quarreled with Philippe Quinault, who had written most of his lyrics.

The basis for the substance, the mythological figures Akis and Galatea that appear in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Galbert enriched to the fabric to numerous additional people, including the couple Telemus and Scylla.

At the premiere on 6 September 1686 Dauphin was present, which is reflected in the prologue of the work. The opera was repeated five times in Anet, and finally came on 17 September in Paris for the performance. Until the mid-18th century there were several revivals.

After the work had been forgotten, it was revived in 1930 by Pierre Monteux in Amsterdam. The first recording on tape by Marc Minkowski dates from the year 1998.

Acis et Galatée was Lully's last completed opera. He began the composition of a still further Tragédie lyrique, but died about in March 1687th

People

• Acis
• Galatée
• Telemedicine
• Scylla
• Polyphème
• Tircis
• Aminte
• Comus
• Prêtre you Junon (priest of Juno )
• Une Dryad
• Un Sylvain
• Première Naïade
• Deuxième Naïade
• L' Abondance ( The Abundance )
• Diane
• Apollon
• Neptune

• Opera by Title
• Opera in French
• Tragédie lyrique
• Opera by Jean -Baptiste Lully
• Opera of the 17th century
• Reception of Greek Mythology
• Mythology in opera
• Music 1686