Proserpine

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Proserpine is a French Baroque opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully, first performed in 1680 and based on the myth of Proserpina’s abduction to the underworld.

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Proserpine canonical 4
Proserpine (character) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Baroque opera
opera
basedOn abduction of Proserpina to the underworld
myth of Proserpina
catalogueNumber LWV 58
composer Jean-Baptiste Lully
countryOfOrigin France
dedicatedTo Louis XIV of France
eraOfComposition late 17th century
firstPerformanceCity Paris
firstPerformanceCountry France
firstPerformanceDate 1680-02-03
firstPerformancePlace Palais-Royal
surface form: Palais Royal, Paris
genre tragédie en musique
hasBallet integrated dance sequences
hasCharacter Aréthuse
Ascalaphe
Ceres
surface form: Cérès

Demons
surface form: Démons

Mercure
Nymphes
Pluto
surface form: Pluton

Proserpine self-linksurface differs
surface form: Proserpine (character)
hasPrologue allegorical prologue praising Louis XIV
hasSetting Sicily
underworld
inCatalogue Lully LWV catalogue
influencedBy court culture of Louis XIV
language French
librettist Philippe Quinault
mythologicalTradition Greco-Roman mythology
notableRecording Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset (conductor)
orchestration French Baroque orchestra
originalInstitution Académie royale de musique
surface form: Académie Royale de Musique (Paris Opera)
partOf Jean-Baptiste Lully
surface form: Lully operas
performanceType staged musical drama
period Baroque
premiereCompany Académie royale de musique
surface form: Académie Royale de Musique
premierePatron Louis XIV of France
structure prologue and five acts
style French tragédie lyrique
subjectMatter abduction to the underworld
conflict between love and maternal grief
timePeriodOfStory mythological time
usesForm French overture
air
ballet divertissements
chorus
recitative

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Jean-Baptiste Lully notableWork Proserpine
Philippe Quinault notableWork Proserpine
Proserpine hasCharacter Proserpine self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Proserpine (character)