Roland
Subtitle: tragedie en musique : representée devant Sa Majesté à Versailles, le huitiéme Ianvier 1685
Contributors: Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687; Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533; Château de Versailles (Versailles, France); John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)
Publisher: s.n.]
Published: 1687
Place of publication: Suivant la copie imprimée a Paris [Amsterdam?
Language: fre
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Operas; Librettos
Work titles: Roland
Notes: Libretto for an opera (tragédie) in 5 acts with prologue.

Text by P. Quinault, based on L. Ariosto's Orlando furioso; music by J.B. Lully; first performed at Versailles, 8 January 1685. See Grove music online (WWW site, 21 January 2010).

Printer's device on t.p. suggests publication by A. Wolfgang.

Inverted C (apostrophus) used in date to form Roman numerals M and D.

Signatures: A-B¹² C¹⁰.

Includes lists of "Acteurs" without performers.

Schmidt, C. Livrets of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Tragédies Lyriques, LLC 12-7