Louis Lacoste, also given asDe La Coste^[1] (c. 1675 – c. 1750) was a French composer of theBaroque era. He was a singer, first appearing in the chorus of André-Cardinal Destouches'Issé (1697) then chorus master and leader of the orchestra at theParis Opéra (from 1710 to 1714). He composed several works for the stage, the most successful of which wasPhilomèle, first performed on 20 October 1705 by theAcadémie Royale de Musique at theThéâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris, and revived in 1709, 1723, and 1734.Bradamante was a "bruising failure".^[2]

(alltragédies en musique, except forAricie, a ballet andIris & Silvandre, an idylle en musique)

• Aricie (1697)
• Iris & Silvandre (1704)
• Philomèle (1705)
• Bradamante (1707)
• Créuse l'athénienne (1712)
• Télégone (1725)
• Orion (1728)
• Biblis (1732)

Notes

Sources

• Le magazine de l'opéra baroque by Jean-Claude Brenac (in French)
• Fajon, Robert (2001). "Lacoste [De La Coste], Louis" in Sadie 2001.
• Sadie, Stanley, editor (2001).The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition. London: Macmillan.ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5 (hardcover),OCLC 419285866 (eBook), andGrove Music Online.

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