Real tennis Real tennis Real tennis – one of several games sometimes called "the sport of kings" – is the original racquet sport from which the modern game of tennis (originally called "lawn tennis") is derived. It is also known as court tennis in the United States, formerly royal tennis in England and Australia, and courte-paume in France (a reference to the older, racquetless game of "jeu de paume", the ancestor of modern handball and racquet games; many French real tennis courts are at "jeu de paume" clubs). The term "real" was first used by journalists in the early 20th century as
History of music in Paris 15, 1672, he opened his own opera house in the "jeu de paume du Bel-Air" (also known as "jeu de paume de Bécquet"). He also demanded and received from the king the exclusive rights to use the theater of the "Palais-Royal", until then used by the theater company of Molière, giving him control over any and all musical performances in Paris. He presented a new opera each year, entirely funded by the royal treasury. In April 1673, he premiered "Cadmus et Hermione", the first French opera in the lyric-tragedy form. This form, which dominated French opera for the next two