Pomone

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Pomone is an opera by French composer Pierre Perrin, recognized as one of the earliest French operas and a foundational work in the development of the genre in France.

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instanceOf opera
associatedWithInstitution Académie Royale de Musique
associatedWithPerson Louis XIV
linked to: Louis XIV of France
cityOfCulturalImpact Paris
composer Pierre Perrin
countryOfOrigin France
era Baroque
firstRunDuration about 146 performances
firstRunEndYear 1671
foundedInstitutionContext Académie d’Opéra
genre French opera
tragédie lyrique
hasCharacter Flore
Pomone (goddess of fruit trees)
Silvanus
Vertumne (god of seasons and change)
linked to: Faunus
hasComposer Robert Cambert
hasLibrettist Pierre Perrin
hasPrologue true
historicalSignificance foundational work in the development of opera in France
one of the earliest French operas
includes ballet
choruses
instrumental music
influenced development of French national opera style
later tragédies lyriques
isEarlyExampleOf French opera
language French
librettoForm French verse
mainCharacter Pomona
Vertumne
musicalStyle early French Baroque
mythologicalSource Ovid’s Metamorphoses
numberOfActs 5
originalCompany Académie d’Opéra
performancePractice courtly entertainment
performanceType sung throughout
premiereCity Paris
premiereDate 1671-03-03
premieredInCountry France
premierePlace Paris
premiereVenue Théâtre du Jeu de Paume de la Bouteille
setting pastoral environment
subjectMatter Roman mythology
linked to: Roman religion
survivingMaterial fragments of the score
libretto
workStatus partially lost

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