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Are there any instances where La Fontaine’s work has been adapted into other mediums?
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La Fontaine’s work has been adapted into several other mediums, including opera, ballet, film, television, and radio. The first opera based on his Fables was composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully in 1678, and the most famous is probably Igor Stravinsky’s The Rake’s Progress, which was first performed in 1951.
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