Jean-Baptiste Lully
1632 – 1687 · Italian · 8 operas in the catalogue
Jean-Baptiste Lully (born Giovanni Battista Lulli; 28 or 29 November [O.S. 18 or 19 November] 1632 – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-French composer, dancer and instrumentalist, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV and became a French subject in 1661. He was a close friend of the playwright Molière, with whom he collaborated on numerous comédie-ballets, including L'Amour médecin, George Dandin ou le Mari confondu, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Psyché and his best known work, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme.
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Operas in the Opera Almanac Catalogue
- 1673 Cadmus et Hermione, 1673 French
- 1674 Alceste, 1674 French
- 1676 Atys, 1676 French
- 1677 Isis, 1677 French
- 1679 Bellérophon, 1679 French
- 1684 Amadis, 1684 French
- 1686 Acis et Galatée, 1686 French
- 1686 Armide, 1686 French