Achile et Polixene
Subtitle: tragedie en musique representée par l'Academie royale de musique
Contributors: Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687; Collasse, Pascal, 1649-1709; Homer; Opéra de Paris; John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection)
Publisher: s.n.]
Published: 1688
Place of publication: Sur l'imprimé a Paris [Amsterdam?
Language: fre
Number of pages: 33
Subjects: Operas; Librettos
Work titles: Achille et Polyxène
Notes: Libretto for an opera (tragédie) in 5 acts with prologue.

Text by J.G. de Campistron, based on Homer's Iliad; music for the overture and Act 1 by J.B. Lully, for Acts 2-5 by P. Collasse; first performed at l'Opéra, Paris, 23 November 1687. See Grove music online (WWW site, 15 January 2010).

Published by A. Wolfang?

Signatures: A¹² B¹⁰ (B10 blank).

Title page: p. [1] (1st group); "Acteurs du prologue" without performers: p. [2] (1st group); Prologue: p. [3]-[6] (1st group); "Acteurs de la tragedie" without performers: p. [7]-[8] (1st group); Act 1: p. 1-7 (2nd group); Act 2: p. 8-13 (2nd group); Act 3: p. 14-21 (2nd group); Act 4: p. 22-27 (2nd group); Act 5: p. 28-33; p. [1]-[3] (last group) are blank.

Not listed in Schmidt, C. Livrets of Lully's Tragédies Lyriques (related to LLC 15-4) or in Sonneck, O.G.T. Librettos.