Persée
Subtitle: tragedie : representée par l'Academie royale de musique
Contributors: Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687; Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.; Opéra de Paris; John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)
Publisher: s.n.]
Published: 1685
Place of publication: Suivant la copie imprimée a Paris [Amsterdam?
Language: fre
Number of pages: 60
Subjects: Operas; Librettos
Notes: Libretto for an opera in 5 acts with prologue.

Text by P. Quinault, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses; music by J.B. Lully; first performed at l'Opéra, Paris, 18 April 1682.

Published by A. Wolfgang or A. Schelte?

In the imprint, date is printed with second and third "C"s turned.

Engraved frontispiece.

Signatures: A-B¹² C⁶.

May have been published in a collection titled, Recueil des opera, des balets, & des plus belles pieces en musique; Houghton Theatre Collection copy lacks collective title page.

Includes lists of "Acteurs" without named cast.

Schmidt, C. Livrets of Jean-Baptiste Lully's Tragédies Lyriques, LLC 9-5