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: 1685
Place of publication: A Paris
Language: fre
Number of pages: 69
Subjects: Operas; Librettos
Work titles: Roland
Notes: Libretto for an opera in 5 acts with prologue; text by P. Quinault, based on L. Ariosto's Orland furioso; music by J.B. Lully. See Grove music online (WWW site, 3 June 2009).

First performed at Versailles, 8 January 1685.

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

Signatures: A-C¹² (C12 blank).

Engraved frontispiece of a scene from the opera.

"Acteurs du prologue" and "Acteurs de la tragedie": p. [5] and [9]-[10]; without performers.

Bookseller's advertisement on p. [70].

Possibly a variant of the issue described in C.B. Schmidt. Livrets of Jean-Baptiste Lully's tragédies lyriques, LLC 12-4.