- Les fêtes d'Hébé
Rameau operas
Les fêtes d'Hébé (The Festivities of Hebe) is an "
opéra-ballet " in a prologue and three entrées, composed in 1739 byJean-Philippe Rameau . Thelibretto was written byAntoine Gautier de Montdorge and others. The work was first performed at theParis Opéra on21 May 1739 ."Les fêtes d'Hébé, ou Les talents lyriques (The Festivities of Hebe, or The Lyric Talents)" allows Hebe to arrange the celebration in Paris of poetry, music and dance, the romance of Alcaeus and Sappho, of Iphise and the legendary musician Tyrtaeus and of Aigle, nymph of Terpsichore, Muse of the dance, and Mercury.
External links
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000006CS2 Les Arts Florissants/William Christie]
* [http://www.analogartsensemble.net/media/audio/AAE/de%20lArt%20de%20Terpsichore.mp3 "De l'Art de Terpsichore"] , from ANALOG "arts ensemble's" chamber reduction at [http://www.artsaha.org "ARTSaha! 2006"]
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