Les Horaces | |
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Tragédie lyrique by Antonio Salieri | |
![]() Oath of the Horatii by Jacques-Louis David, exhibited at the Salon in Paris in 1785 (the year prior to the premiere of the opera in that city), depicts the titular Horatii. | |
Librettist | Nicolas-François Guillard |
Language | French |
Based on | Corneille's Horace |
Premiere |
Les Horaces (The Horatii) is an operatic tragédie lyrique by Antonio Salieri. The text was by Nicolas-François Guillard after Pierre Corneille's Horace.
The opera was commissioned by the Paris Opera after the success of Salieri's Les Danaïdes with the company.