Les sibarites

Les sibarites

"Les sibarites" ("The Sybarites") is an opera in the form of a one-act "acte de ballet" by Jean-Philippe Rameau, first performed on 13 November, 1753 at Fontainebleau. The libretto is by Jean-François Marmontel. It tells the story of a war between Sybaris and Croton. The conflict ends when the king and queen of the two cities fall in love with each other. The work was later incorporated into a revival of Rameau's "opéra-ballet Les surprises de l'Amour" in 1757.

Roles

elected recordings

*"Sibaris" Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu, Franck-Emmanuel Comte (Pierre Verany, 1999)

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


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