Pomone
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Pomone is a five-act pastoral opera composed by Robert Cambert, with a libretto by Pierre Perrin. It premiered in 1671 and was the first production of the Royal Academy of Music, which Cambert and Perrin founded after receiving exclusive rights from Louis XIV to stage operatic performances in France.12
Cambert, born in Paris around 1627 or 1628, was the first French composer of opera, though his works are not considered to have strong dramatic qualities. He was a student of harpsichord composer Jacques Chambonnières and served as superintendent of music to Anne of Austria.1
In 1672, Jean-Baptiste Lully acquired the "opera privilege" from Cambert, leading Cambert to move to England. He founded a short-lived Royall Academy of Musick in London and had two operas performed there before his death in 1677.1
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