''Méléagre'' (''Meleager'') is an opera by the French-Italian composer
Jean-Baptiste Stuck Jean-Baptiste Stuck (also known by the single moniker "Baptistin," "Batistin" or "Battistin") (6 May 16808 December 1755) was an Italian-French composer and cellist of the Baroque era.
Little is known of Stuck's early years. He was born at Livorno ...
, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the
Paris Opera
The Paris Opera ( ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be kn ...
) on 24 May 1709.
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 i ...
'' in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by
François-Antoine Jolly, is based on the Greek legend of
Meleager
In Greek mythology, Meleager (, ) was a hero venerated in his '' temenos'' at Calydon in Aetolia. He was already famed as the host of the Calydonian boar hunt in the epic tradition that was reworked by Homer. Meleager is also mentioned as o ...
.
Sources
Libretto at "Livrets baroques"Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse ''Dictionnaire des Opéras'', Paris, 1881 page 448.
French-language operas
Tragédies en musique
Operas by Jean-Baptiste Stuck
Operas
1709 operas
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