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| has gloss | eng: Phaëton (LWV 61) is a tragédie en musique in a prologue and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully. Philippe Quinault wrote the French libretto after a story from Ovid's Metamorphoses. It was premiered at Versailles on January 6, 1683, and can be read as an allegorical depiction of the punishment awaiting those mortals who dare to raise themselves as high as the "sun" (i.e. the Sun King). |
| lexicalization | eng: Phaethon |
| lexicalization | eng: Phaeton |
| lexicalization | eng: Phaëthon |
| lexicalization | eng: Phaëton |
| instance of | (noun) a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes opera |
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| Catalan | |
| has gloss | cat: Phaëton és una tragèdia lírica creada per Jean-Baptiste Lully, que consta d1 pròleg i 5 actes. El seu llibret va ser escrit per Philippe Quinault, basat en Les metamorfosis d’Ovidi. La seva estrena va ser a Versalles el 6 de gener de lany 1683. |
| lexicalization | cat: Phaéton |
| French | |
| has gloss | fra: Phaéton est une tragédie en musique composée en 1683 par Jean-Baptiste Lully sur un livret de Philippe Quinault. |
| lexicalization | fra: Phaeton |
| lexicalization | fra: Phaéton |
| Media | |
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| media:img | Bertin, Nicolas - Phaéton on the Chariot of Apollo - c. 1720.jpg |
| media:img | Phaeton-engraving.jpg |
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