Arion (Matho)
Arion is an opera by the French composer Jean-Baptiste Matho, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opera) on 10 April 1714. It takes the form of a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts. The libretto, by Louis Fuzelier, is based on the Greek myth of the poet Arion.
Sources
- (French) Libretto at "Livres baroques"
- (French) Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse Dictionnaire des Opéras, Paris, 1881
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