Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition.... with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste de Lully , was French composer of Italian birth, who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He became a French citizenship in 1661.... and a libretto by Thomas Corneille
Thomas Corneille
Thomas Corneille was a French dramatist. He was the brother of Pierre Corneille.Born in Rouen nearly twenty years after his brother, the "great Corneille", Thomas's skill as a poet seems to have shown itself early.... and Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, also referred to as Bernard le Bouyer de Fontenelle was a France author.Fontenelle was born in Rouen, France .... first performed at the Palais Royal, Paris
Paris
Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France .... on 31 January 1679.
Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition.... with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste de Lully , was French composer of Italian birth, who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He became a French citizenship in 1661.... and a libretto by Thomas Corneille
Thomas Corneille
Thomas Corneille was a French dramatist. He was the brother of Pierre Corneille.Born in Rouen nearly twenty years after his brother, the "great Corneille", Thomas's skill as a poet seems to have shown itself early.... and Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle
Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle, also referred to as Bernard le Bouyer de Fontenelle was a France author.Fontenelle was born in Rouen, France .... first performed at the Palais Royal, Paris
Paris
Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France .... on 31 January 1679.
Sources
The New Grove French Baroque Masters, ed. Graham Sadler (Macmillan, 1986)
