''Amadis de Gaule'' is an opera by the French composers

Jean-Benjamin de La Borde Jean-Benjamin François de la Borde (5 September 1734 – 22 July 1794) was a French composer, writer on music and '' fermier général'' (farm tax collector). Born into an aristocratic family, he studied violin under Antoine Dauvergne and composi ...

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Pierre Montan Berton Pierre Montan Berton (7 January 1727 – 14 May 1780) was a French composer and conductor. He resided primarily in Paris and was an opera director. Pierre's son Henri Montan Berton Henri-Montan Berton (17 September 1767 – 22 Apri ...

, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique, Paris (the Paris Opera) on 26 November 1771. It takes the form of a ''tragédie en musique'' in five acts. The opera is a new setting of a libretto by

Philippe Quinault Philippe Quinault (; 3 June 1635 – 26 November 1688), French dramatist and librettist, was born in Paris. Biography Quinault was educated by the liberality of François Tristan l'Hermite, the author of ''Marianne''. Quinault's first play w ...

, originally set by Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1684.

Sources

Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse ''Dictionnaire des Opéras''
p.26. 1771 operas Operas French-language operas Tragédies en musique Operas by Jean-Benjamin de La Borde {{french-opera-stub