# Pascal Collasse

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French composer

**Pascal Collasse** (or **Colasse**) (22 January 1649 ([baptised](/source/Baptism)) – 17 July 1709) was a French composer of the [Baroque](/source/Baroque) era. Born in [Rheims](/source/Rheims), Collasse became a disciple of [Jean-Baptiste Lully](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lully) during the latter's domination of the French operatic stage. When Lully died in 1687 leaving his [tragédie en musique](/source/Trag%C3%A9die_en_musique) *[Achille et Polyxène](/source/Achille_et_Polyx%C3%A8ne)* unfinished, Collasse completed the last four acts of the score. He went on to produce around a dozen operas and ballets, as well as sacred music, including settings of the *Cantiques spirituels* of [Jean Racine](/source/Jean_Racine). His plan to establish his own opera house in [Lille](/source/Lille) ended in failure when the theatre burnt down. He dabbled in [alchemy](/source/Alchemy) with even less success. His musical style is close to that of Lully.

## Works

*La Naissance de Vénus* (1696).

- *[Achille et Polyxène](/source/Achille_et_Polyx%C3%A8ne)*, tragédie lyrique, (overture and first act by Jean-Baptiste Lully) 1687

- *[Thétis et Pélée](/source/Th%C3%A9tis_et_P%C3%A9l%C3%A9e)*, tragédie lyrique, 1689

- *Sigalion ou le secret*, ballet (collège Louis-le-Grand), 1689

- *[Énée et Lavinie](/source/%C3%89n%C3%A9e_et_Lavinie_(Collasse))*, tragédie lyrique, 1690

- *[Astrée](/source/Astr%C3%A9e_(Collasse))*, tragédie lyrique, 1691

- *Le Ballet de Villeneuve-Saint-Georges*, ballet, 1692

- *Les saisons*, [opéra-ballet](/source/Op%C3%A9ra-ballet), 1695

- *La naissance de Vénus*, 1696

- *[Jason ou La toison d’or](/source/Jason_(opera))*, tragédie lyrique, 1696

- *[Canente](/source/Canente_(Collasse))*, tragédie lyrique, 1700

- *[Polyxène et Pirrhus](/source/Polyx%C3%A8ne_et_Pirrhus)*, tragédie lyrique, 1706

## Sources

- *The Viking Opera Guide*

## External links

- [Le magazine de l'opéra baroque by Jean-Claude Brenac (in French)](http://perso.orange.fr/jean-claude.brenac/Operabaroque.htm)

- [Free scores by Pascal Collasse](https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Collasse,_Pascal) at the [International Music Score Library Project](/source/International_Music_Score_Library_Project) (IMSLP)

- [Musical Manuscripts Collection](https://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadID=00636) at the [Harry Ransom Center](/source/Harry_Ransom_Center)

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