Atys (Lully)

Atys (Attis) is a tragédie en musique, an early form of French opera, in a prologue and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully to a libretto by Philippe Quinault after Ovid's Fasti. It was premiered for the royal court on 10 January 1676 by Lully's Académie Royale de Musique (Paris Opera) at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The first public performance took place in April 1676 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris.

Atys
Opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully
Title page of the libretto for the premiere
LibrettistPhilippe Quinault
LanguageFrench
Based onOvid's Fasti
Premiere
10 January 1676 (1676-01-10)
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