Premier Year
1598
What is Dafne by Jacopo Peri and Rinuccini?
Appointed regent for four-year-old King Louis XIV
Who is Cardinal Mazarin?
Phillip Quinault
Who is the principal librettist for Lully?
Ruling group in England from 1649-1660
Who are the Puritans?
Pelham Humphrey and John Blow
Who are teachers of Purcell?
1600
What is Euridice by Peri or Rapresentatione di Anima et di Corpo by Cavalieri and Rospigliosi?
Ercole Amante
What is an opera in French by Cavalli, significant Italian composer, which premiered in 1662?
L' Académie Royale de Musique
What is the institution in Paris created by Lully?
Restoration Period
What is a term which refers to the period of the restoration of Charles II who ruled from 1660-1685?
Mr. Josias Priest's Boarding School at Chelsey by young Gentle women.
Where and by whom was the first performance of Dido and Aeneas by Purcell (1689)
1607
What is L'Orfeo by Monteverdi and Striggio
King who awarded an operatic patent (monopoly)?
Who is King Louis XIV?
tragédie en musique
What is the term ascribed to Baroque French Opera?
A lavish court entertainment with spoken dialogue, vocal and instrumental music, and dance and is a precursor to English Opera.
What is a masque?
Nahum Tate
Who is the librettist of Dido and Aeneas?
1686
What is Armide by Lully and Quinault?
Prominent composer, dancer, and violinist in Paris
Who is Giovanni Battista Lulli, or Jean Baptiste Lully?
Atys
What is an opera by Lully and Quinault which premiered in 1676?
The Tempest
What is a 1667 piece by Davanant and Dryden and Locke?
Ground bass
What is a technique featured in all arias of Dido and Aeneas?
1687 or 1688
What is Dido and Aeneas by Purcell and maybe Nahum Tate?
Pomone (opera)
What is an early French opera by Cambert and Perrin?
Armide
Opera which premiered in 1686 by Lully and Quinault.
Important composer associated with the court of Charles II.
King Arthur, 1691/The Fairy Queen, 1692
What are two well-known semi-operas?