Psyché is an opera tragédie lyrique in a prologue and five acts composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully to a libretto by Thomas Corneille adapted from Molière`s original play for which Lully had composed the intermèdes. Based on the love story of Cupid and Psyche Psyché was premiered on April 19 1678 by the Académie Royale de Musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris.