Alcides, ou La triomphe d'Hercule (Marais and Lully)

''Alcides, ou Le triomphe d'Hercule'' (''Alcides, or The Triumph of Hercules'') is an

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a libr ...

by the French composers

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and

Marin Marais Marin Marais (; 31 May 1656, in Paris – 15 August 1728, in Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colomb ...

, first performed on at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 3 February 1693. It takes the form of a ''

tragédie en musique Tragédie en musique (, ''musical tragedy''), also known as tragédie lyrique (, ''lyric tragedy''), is a genre of French opera introduced by Jean-Baptiste Lully and used by his followers until the second half of the eighteenth century. Operas in ...

'' in five acts and a prologue. The libretto is by Jean Galbert de Campistron.

Sources

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Libretto at "Livres baroques"

Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse ''Dictionnaire des Opéras'', Paris, 1881
page 18. French-language operas Tragédies en musique Operas by Marin Marais 1693 operas Operas Opera world premieres at the Paris Opera {{french-opera-stub