The person who introduced the Parisian opera Tragdie en musique was an Italian-born French composer, instrumentalist, and dancer. He produced music for the French opera Thesee.
Thse ("Theseus") is a "tragdie en musique", an early type of French opera, in a prologue and five acts with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Philippe Quinault based on Ovid's "Metamorphoses". 
Jean-Baptiste Lully (] ; born Giovanni Battista Lulli ] ; 28 November 1632 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, instrumentalist, and dancer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. 
Tragdie en musique (Musical tragedy), also known as tragdie lyrique (French lyric tragedy), is a genre of French opera introduced by Jean-Baptiste Lully and used by his followers until the second half of the eighteenth century. 
