The plot is negligible; characterization and action almost nil; and the arias nondescript. This, surprisingly, doesn’t matter.
Category: French opera
134. Dardanus (Rameau)
Spectacle, ballet, and a little opera.
130. Les Indes galantes (Rameau)
"La terre, les cieux, et les mers / nous offrent tour-à-tour cent spectacles divers." Les Indes galantes offers plenty of spectacle : it's an all-singing, all-dancing extravaganza, a round-the-world trip full of ceremonies, storms, shipwrecks, volcanoes, and the lure of the exotic.


