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''Télémaque, ou Les fragments des modernes'' (''Telemachus, or Excerpts from the Moderns'') is an opera by the French composer
André Campra André Campra (; baptized 4 December 1660 – 29 June 1744) was a French composer and conductor of the Baroque era. The leading French opera composer in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau, Campra wrote several '' trag ...
, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the
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'' in a prologue and five acts with a libretto by Antoine Danchet. 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
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; ''Aréthuse'' and '' Le carnaval de Venise'' by Campra; ''
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Libretto at "Livres baroques"

Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse ''Dictionnaire des Opéras'', Paris, 1881
p. 651. Tragédies en musique Operas by André Campra French-language operas Operas 1704 operas Operas based on the Odyssey Works based on Les Aventures de Télémaque {{french-opera-stub