Atys (Lully)

Atys (Attis) is a tragédie en musique in a prelude and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully to a French-language libretto by Philippe Quinault based on Ovid's Fasti. It was premiered at the royal court in Saint-Germain-en-Laye January 10 1676.

Roles

Prelude

Character	Description	Voice part	Original cast
Le Temps	God of Time.	baritone	François Beaumavielle
Flore	Flora, a goddess.	soprano	Marie Verdier
Melpomène	Melpomene, a tragic muse.	soprano	Beaucreux
Iris	Iris, a goddess.	soprano	?
A Zephyr	Zephyr, a personification of the wind.	haute-contre	?
Hercules, Antaeus, Eteocles, Polynices, Castor, and Pollux.	A troupe of dancers.	NA	Beauchamp, Dolivet, Faure, Favier, Lestang, Magny and Pécour
Tragedy
Atys	Attis, relative of Sangaride and favourite of Celenus.	haute-contre	Louis Gaulard Dumesny
Sangaride	A nymph and daughter of the river god.	soprano	Marie Aubry
Cybèle	Cybele, a goddess	soprano	Saint-Christophle
Celenus	king of Phrygia

References

Lois Roscow. "Atys (i)", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed July 24 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access).