- Les Paladins
"Les Paladins" is an
opera byJean-Philippe Rameau first performed on12 February ,1760 . The author of thelibretto is unknown, but it has been attributed to Duplat de Monticourt. Rameau called "Les Paladins" a "comédie lyrique", putting it in the same category as his earlier work "Platée ".Roles
ynopsis
elected recordings
* "Les Paladins" Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (2 DVDs, Opus Arte, 2005)
ources
*Girdlestone, Cuthbert, "Jean-Philippe Rameau: His Life and Work", New York: Dover, 1969 (paperback edition)
*Holden, Amanda, ed., "The Viking Opera Guide", New York:Viking, 1993
*Sadler, Graham, ed., "The New Grove French Baroque Masters" Grove/Macmillan, 1988
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/print/radio3/operaon3/pip/egaze/ BBC Radio 3, 9 October 2004, Complete performance, Playlist] (of the Christie version)
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