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Category: Jean-Philippe Rameau

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.

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, French composers, French opera, Jean-Philippe Rameau 5 Comments April 17, 2019August 8, 2026 5 Minutes

129. Castor et Pollux (Rameau)

If Hippolyte was a musical manifesto, a bold statement of what Rameau wanted opera to be, Castor is a step back to the bad old tragédie lyrique.

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, French composers, French opera, Jean-Philippe Rameau 4 Comments April 10, 2019August 8, 2026 6 Minutes

87. Hippolyte et Aricie (Jean-Philippe Rameau)

A new god has entered my pantheon.

Nicholas Fuller 18th century opera, French composers, French opera, Jean-Philippe Rameau 22 Comments September 10, 2018August 8, 2026 14 Minutes

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