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Atys (Attis) is a tragédie en musique in a prelude and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully to a French-language libretto by Philippe Quinault based on Ovid's Fasti. It was premiered at the royal court in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, January 10, 1676.
Roles
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| Role | Voice type | Premiere Cast, 10 January 1676 (Conductor: - ) |
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| Le Temps , a God of Time | baritone | François Beaumavielle | |
| Flore, a Goddess | soprano | Marie Verdier | |
| Melpomène, a tragic muse | soprano | Beaucreux | |
| Iris, a Goddess | soprano | ||
| A Zephyr, a personification of the wind | haute-contre | ||
| Hercules, Antaeus, Eteocles, Polynices, Castor, Pollux (Dancers) |
non-singing | Beauchamp, Dolivet, Faure, Favier, Lestang, Magny, Pécour |
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| Tragedy | |||
| Atys, relative of Sangaride and favourite of Celenus | haute-contre | Bernard Clédière[1] | |
| Sangaride, a nymph and daughter of the river God | soprano | Marie Aubry | |
| Cybèle, a Goddess | soprano | Saint-Christophle | |
| Celenus, King of Phrygia | |||
References
- Lois Rosow. "Atys (i)", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed July 24, 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access).
- Spire Pitou, The Paris Opéra - An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers - Rococo and Romantic 1715-1815, Westport (Connecticut), Greenwood Press, 1985 (ISBN 0-313-24394-8)
- ^ Pitou, article: "Atys", p. 166
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