Louis XIV came of age Sept. 5, 1651, on his thirteenth birthday, and was crowned three years later on June 7, 1654. It was during this period, in February of 1653, that Louis first encountered Jean-Baptiste Lully. At 14 Lully had come to France and worked as page to cousin of Louis XIV until his prowess as dancer and mime was noticed by the king. Louis XIV was also quite a dancer. He had been dancing since he was a boy, having inherited both musical talent and dancing ability from his father

The close relationship between Lully and Louis XIV had a large part in the development of French opera. The King was the primary patron of opera, and all Lully's operas included preludes praising the monarchy. Louis suggested a number of the plots for the operas to Lully, notably those whose subject matter centers on the conflict between working and or love. In his published scores, Lully always included a preface dedicating the work to the patron.

Having been exposed to both Italian and French styles and tastes, Lully turned to opera composition and obtained from the King exclusive rights to arrange opera performances in Paris. For the next 14 years, he not only wrote about 20 operas and ballets, but produced and conducted them and trained singers with firm discipline. He developed the formal 'French Overture', and replaced Italian recitativo secco with accompanied recitative. He introduced professi

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