Here he showed a remarkable faculty for lyrical drama, and from this time until just before his death he confined himself to composing libretti for Lully's work. This was not only very profitable (for he is said to have received four thousand livres for each, which was much more than was usually paid even for tragedy), but it established Quinault's reputation as the master of a new style—so that even Boileau, who had previously satirized his dramatic work, praised, not the opera, which he did not like, but Quinault's remarkably ingenious and artist-like work in it.
here he showed a remarkable faculty for lyrical drama and from this time until just before his death he confined himself to composing libretti for lully's work this was not only very profitable (for he is said to have received four thousand livres for each which was much more than was usually paid even for tragedy) but it established quinault's reputation as the master of a new style—so that even boileau who had previously satirized his dramatic work praised not the opera which he did not like but quinault's remarkably ingenious and artist-like work in it