Opéra Royal : Lully : Armide

Location : Opéra Royal

Destination

Place d'Armes

78000

Versailles

GPS coordinates

Latitude : 48.806006

Longitude : 2.122443

Event Organizer

Château de Versailles Spectacles

Phone : +33 1 30 83 78 89

"Château de Versailles Spectacles"

Location

Opéra Royal

Place d'Armes

78000

Versailles

Presentation

Tragedy in music in a prologue and five acts on a libretto by Philippe Quinault after La Jérusalem délivrée by Torquato Tasso, first performed at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris in 1686.

Lully's Armide has a special place among the most important works in the history of opera. It was the last lyrical tragedy by Lully and Quinault: undoubtedly Quinault's strongest dramatic achievement, and the culmination of the project of a tragedy in music carried by Lully, who died the year after its creation.