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Biblis

Music by Louis Lacoste

Biblis (Byblis) is an opera by the French composer Louis Lacoste, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 6 November 1732. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by de Fleury, is based on the myth of Byblis in Ovid's Metamorphoses.

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About the Composer

Louis Lacoste is the composer of record for this opera.

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