First performance 28 November 1691 Librettist Jean de La Fontaine | Composer Pascal Collasse Language French | |
Similar Phaëton, Achille et Polyxène, Cadmus et Hermione, Médée, Atys | ||
Astrée is an opera by the French composer Pascal Collasse, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opéra) on 25 November 1691. It takes the form of a tragédie lyrique in three acts. The libretto, by Jean de La Fontaine, is based on the romance Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé. The opera was a failure.
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