Louis de Cahusac

Les Boréades was actually intended to be performed at the Théâtre de Choisy in Paris in 1763 at the end of the Seven Years' War to celebrate the conclusion of peace. However, after two rehearsals with...

Although Rameau's "Boréades" from 1762 were not performed during his lifetime, they are his musical masterpiece and a synthesis of his compositional output. All the musical innovations to which the co...

The opera Naïs, which premiered at the Académie royale in the Palais-Royal in Paris on April 22, 1749 to celebrate the signing of the so-called 'Peace of Aachen' and was revived in August 1764, shortl...

Originally conceived as a prologue for the ballet "Les Beaux Jours de l'Amour", the one-act opera "La Naissance d'Osiris" was performed only twice, together with revivals of "Pigmalion" and "Les Incas...

Actually, "Les Boréades" was supposed to be performed in 1763 at the Théâtre de Choisy in Paris after the end of the Seven Years' War on the occasion of the celebrations of the peace treaty. But after...

This collection of instrumental numbers from the "Tragédie in fünf Akten" Zoroastre brings together the movements and dances from all the original versions, i.e. those from January and February 1756 (...

> Baroque opera in honour of the conciliation of Europe on the occasion of the Treaty of Aachen > First practical performing edition with a keyboard reduction > Based on the complete edition Opera Omn...

Richer than ever - Rameau's "Zoroastre" in the 1756 version Rameau's revised version of his opera "Zoroastre", which was performed and heard at the Académie royale de musique between January 20, 1756...

Rameau's ballet opera "Zéphire" is based on the legend of Zephire and Flora, as immortalized by Ovid in the fifth book of his "Fasti". Zéphire, the god of the west wind, loves Chloris, a wood nymph of...

To this day, neither a historical nor a modern edition of this pretty one-act opera by Rameau, which was premiered in 1754 at the Fontainebleau Theatre, exists. The patchy source material made it nece...

Lange als zweitrangig eingestuft, weil seine Uraufführung mit einem politischen Ereignis zusammenhing, steckt 'Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour' voller dramaturgischer Neuheiten, die eine Ahnung auf...

Originally conceived as a prologue for the ballet "Les Beaux Jours de l'Amour", the one-act play "La Naissance d'Osiris" was only performed twice, together with revivals of "Pigmalion" and "Les Incas...

Originally conceived as a prologue for the ballet "Les Beaux Jours de l'Amour", the one-act play "La Naissance d'Osiris" was only performed twice, together with revivals of "Pigmalion" and "Les Incas...

Long classified as secondary because its premiere was connected to a political event, "Les Fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour" is full of dramaturgical innovations that foreshadow Rameau's later operas su...