''Tarsis et Zélie'' is an opera by the French composers

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and

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, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the

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) on 19 October 1728. It takes the form of a ''

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'' in a prologue and five acts. The libretto is by Jean-Louis-Igance de La Serre.

Sources

Libretto at "Livrets baroques"

Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse ''Dictionnaire des Opéras'', Paris, 1881
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