Achille et Polyxène (1687)

Original id: 
11416
Start date: 
7 November 1687
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Adaptation
Production notes: 
Opera (tragédie en musique). Overture & Act 1 - Lully. Acts 2-5 - Collasse. Libretto - Jean-Galbert de Campistron, after de Bensérade's La mort d'Achille (1635).
Media of production: 
Opera, musical and related genres
Companies:
Ancient works:
Metamorphoses

Information related to this production

Script Author(s)
Metamorphoses Ovid
Person Role Notes
Pascal Collasse Composer
de Campistron Jean-Galbert Librettist
Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687) Composer
Venue Festival Dates Notes
Académie Royale de Musique (Paris, Île-de-France, France) 7 November, 1687
Source Format Location if held at the APGRD Pagination
Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s. Vol.1 Book library 14 Grove 1980, 11:327, 4:535 / Girdlestone 1972, pp.137f., 269

How to cite this production

Achille et Polyxène (1687), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/11416 <3 December 2024>