set design for Achille et Polyxene, designed by Berain for 'Achille et Polyxene' an opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, first performed in 1687. Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, instrumentalist, and dancer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. Jean Berain the Elder (1640 - 1711) was a draughtsman and designer. Thesee (Theseus) is a tragedie en musique, an early type of French opera, in a prologue and five acts with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully. Achille et Polyxene (Achilles and Polyxena) is a tragedie lyrique co

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set design for Achille et Polyxene, designed by Berain for 'Achille et Polyxene' an opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, first performed in 1687. Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, instrumentalist, and dancer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. Jean Berain the Elder (1640 - 1711) was a draughtsman and designer. Thesee (Theseus) is a tragedie en musique, an early type of French opera, in a prologue and five acts with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully. Achille et Polyxene (Achilles and Polyxena) is a tragedie lyrique containing a prologue and five acts based on Virgil's Aeneid with a French libretto by Jean Galbert de Campistron.

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