 The same story was also to inspire a dramatic work by Handel, "Acis and Galatea".The opera was commissioned by Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme in honor of Louis, "le Grand Dauphin".It was premiered by the Académie Royale de Musique (Paris Opera) at the Château d'Anet on 6 September 1686 (without machines) and later at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris on 17 September 1686.