Achille et Polyxène

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Achille et Polyxène (Achilles and Polyxena) is an opera with a libretto by Philippe Quinault. The overture and first act have music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, who died before he could complete the score. The remaining acts are the work of his pupil Pascal Collasse. The opera was first performed in 1687.

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• The New Grove French Baroque Masters (Macmillan, 1986): article on Lully by Graham Sadler
• The Viking Opera Guide ed. Holden (Viking, 1993)
• Le magazine de l'opéra baroque by Jean-Claude Brenac (in French)