Astrée is an opera by the French composer Pascal Collasse, first performed at the Académie Royale de Musique (the Paris Opéra) on 25 November 1691. It takes the form of a tragédie lyrique in three acts. The libretto, by Jean de La Fontaine, is based on the romance Astrée by Honoré d'Urfé. The opera was a failure.
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- (in French) Libretto at "Livrets baroques"[permanent dead link]
- (in French) Félix Clément and Pierre Larousse Dictionnaire des Opéras, Paris, 1881.
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