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The 13 pages that link to French opera, each with the reason it gives.

• Jean-Baptiste LullyNarrower topic: Lully’s operas established conventions that later French composers inherited and contested.

• Georges BizetNarrower topic: Bizet’s career developed inside a national tradition balancing spectacle, drama, and vocal elegance.

• Académie Royale de MusiqueNarrower topic: The institution became the principal home of opera in the French tradition.

• French BaroqueBroader topic: Its court spectacles brought Baroque music and visual display together.

• French theaterCompared with: Opera shares institutions and audiences with spoken theater while organizing performance around music.

• Christoph Willibald GluckRelated: Gluck adapted French theatrical conventions in his Paris operas, including Iphigénie en Tauride.

• François BoucherRelated: Boucher created stage designs that extended his decorative imagination into performance.

• Charles GounodNarrower topic: Gounod became one of the defining French opera composers of the nineteenth century.

• Jules MassenetNarrower topic: Massenet’s career developed within a national stage culture shaped by several competing genres.

• Léo DelibesNarrower topic: Lakmé secured Delibes a lasting place in the French operatic repertory.

• Music of ItalyCompared with: Its conventions developed alongside Italian opera but favored different theatrical and musical priorities.

• Régine CrespinNarrower topic: This repertory formed the foundation of Crespin’s career before her international Wagner roles.

• Victor-Joseph Étienne de JouyNarrower topic: De Jouy’s librettos helped shape French opera during the early nineteenth century.