Persée

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Persée (Perseus) is an opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Philippe Quinault, first performed in 1682 in Paris.

The plot concerns the love between Persée and Andromède, who is already betrothed to Phinée, while Mérope loves Persée. Persée is able to triumph and win Andromède by overcoming supernatural enemies, including the Gorgon Méduse, using weapons he is granted by the gods.

[edit] Roles

• Persée (countertenor)
• Andromède (soprano)
• Phinée (baritone)
• Mérope (soprano)
• Méduse (tenor)

[edit] Sources

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