L’Idylle sur la paix

L’Idylle sur la paix was first performed in the Orangerie of Sceaux in 1685 and in Paris later on during this same year. The poem was written by Jean Racine with a score by Jean-Baptiste Lully. It was designed to celebrate the continuing peace established by the signing of the Treaty of Ratisbonne on 15 August 1684. When it was mounted at Sceaux, it was produced before the king and the members of the royal family, who were the guests of the marquis de Seignelay. This work has the distinction of…