- La naissance d'Osiris
"La naissance d'Osiris, ou La fête Pamilie" ("The Birth of Osiris, or The Festival of Pamylia") is an
opera in the form of a one-act "acte de ballet" byJean-Philippe Rameau , first performed on12 October ,1754 atFontainebleau to celebrate the birth of the futureKing Louis XVI . Thelibretto is by Rameau's frequent collaboratorLouis de Cahusac . Its slight story tells of the announcement to a group of Egyptian shepherds of the birth of the godOsiris , who symbolises the baby prince.Roles
ynopsis
elected recordings
*"La naissance d'Osiris" La Simphonie de Marais, conducted by Hugo Reyne (Musiques à la Chabotterie, 2006)
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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