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{{Lully operas}}Proserpine (Proserpina) is an opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Philippe Quinault first performed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 3 February 1680.Roles| Role | Voice type | Premiere cast, 3 February 1680 | | Prologue |
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| La Paix (Peace) | soprano | Catherine Ferdinand | | La Félicité (Felicitas) | soprano | Mlle Rebel | | L'Abondance (Abundantia) | soprano | Mlle Puvigné (or Puvigny) | | La Discorde (Discord) | tenor (en travesti) | Puvigné (or Puvigny) | | La Victoire (Victoria) | soprano | Claude Ferdinand | | Tragédie |
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| Pluton (Pluto) | bass | Jean Gaye | | Ascalaphe (Ascalaphus), son of Acheron, confidant of Pluton | bass | Antoine Morel | | Proserpine | soprano | Claude Ferdinand | | Cérès (Ceres) | soprano | Mlle de Saint-Christophe (or Saint-Christophle) | | Jupiter | bass | Godonesche | | Alphée (Alpheus) | haute-contre | Bernard Cledière | | Aréthuse (Arethusa) | soprano | Catherine Ferdinand | | Mercure (Mercury) | tenor | Langeais | | Cyané, a Sicilian nymph, confidante of Cérès | soprano | Mlle Bony | | Crinise, god of the Sicilian river Crinisus | basse-taille | Arnoul | | Furies | 2 tenors and a basse-taille(?) | Claude Desvoyes, Puvigny (or Puvigné) and Le Maire | | A blessed spirit | soprano | |
SynopsisThe plot centers around the abduction of Proserpine by Pluton, with side plots concerning Cérès's love for Jupiter and the love intrigue between Alphée and Aréthuse. Recording- Proserpine Soloists, Le Concert Spirituel, conducted by Hervé Niquet (Glossa, 2 CDs, 2008)
Sources- The New Grove French Baroque Masters, ed. Graham Sadler (Macmillan, 1986)
- The Viking Opera Guide ed. Holden (Viking, 1993)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140301014708/http://operabaroque.fr/Cadre_baroque.htm Le magazine de l'opéra baroque by Jean-Claude Brenac (in French)]
- Amadeus Almanac
External links - {{IMSLP2|work=Proserpine%2C_LWV_58_%28Lully%2C_Jean-Baptiste%29|cname=Proserpine}}
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