Are Lucia di Lammermoor and Médée both tragic operas?
Lucia di Lammermoor Lucia di Lammermoor is a "dramma tragico" (tragic opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel "The Bride of Lammermoor".
Télémaque (Campra) The opera is made up from musical excerpts taken from Campra's previous works and those of other composers. The works used are "Énée et Lavinie", "Astrée" and "Canente" by Pascal Collasse ; "Aréthuse" and "Le carnaval de Venise" by Campra; "Médée" by Marc-Antoine Charpentier ; "Circé" et "Les fêtes galantes" by Henri Desmarets; "Ariane et Bacchus" by Marin Marais; "Ulysse" by Jean-Féry Rebel.