Acis et Galathée

Acis et Galathée is Jean-Baptiste Lully’s last completed work. Since Philippe Quinault had withdrawn his services as librettist to Lully after the completion of Armide, the composer requested Jean Galbert de Campistron to supply him with a written text for his new heroic pastoral. Acis et Galathée had been commissioned by the duke de Vendôme, who desired to stage a festival at the Château of Anet in honor of the dauphin. This celebration took place on 6 September 1686, and Lully’s composition…