| Atys | |
|---|---|
| Opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully | |
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| Librettist | Philippe Quinault |
| Language | French |
| Based on | Ovid's Fasti |
| Premiere | 10 January 1676 |
Atys (Attis) is a tragédie en musique, an early form of French opera, in a prologue and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully to a libretto by Philippe Quinault after Ovid's Fasti. It was premiered for the royal court on 10 January 1676[1] by Lully's Académie Royale de Musique (Paris Opera) at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. The first public performance took place in April 1676 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris.
- ^ Most sources give the date of the premiere as 10 January 1676, but Brooks and Buford, April 2005, state it has only been firmly established that this was the first performance which was attended by their Majesties and may not have been the first performance.