La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas - Molière 1622-1673 (Amsterdam Le Jeune Wettstein, 1689)
One of 10 reprints of Molière's works, collected in a box
La Comtesse d'Escarbagnas, first performed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 2 December 1671, is a comedy-ballet with music by Charpentier and ballets by Beauchamps., It was commissioned by Louis XIV for the remarriage of his brother to the Princess Palatine of Bavaria, after his widowhood. Songs and dance (music originally composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully, reworked by Marc-Antoine Charpentier) enhanced this high quality show made to impress the German court.
Dom Garcie de Navarre, ou Le prince jalouxGeorge Dandin ou Le mari confonduL'Escole des femmesL'Escole des marisLa Princesse d'Élide ensemble les plaisirs de l'isle enchantéeLe Mariage forcéLe Sicilien ou L'Amour peintreLes Amans magnifiques. Comédie meslée de musique et d'entrées de balletMélicerte. Comédie pastorale héroiqu
Keywords: 17th Century (1601-1700); Play (theater); Ballet; France