Jean-Philippe Rameau
Castor et Pollux RCT 32 B

Tragedy in 5 acts - Version of 1754

Instrumentation Voice, mixed Choir and Orchestra
Composer Jean-Philippe Rameau
Series Jean-Philippe Rameau. Opera Omnia (OOR)
Editor Denis Herlin
Edition Score
Publisher Bärenreiter Verlag
Order no. BA8864-01

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Language: French English
Pages: 476
Release: 01.02.2023
Dimensions: 260 x 335 mm
Weight: 2419 g
Opus: RCT 32 B
Genre: Classical Music, Classical Music (Baroque), Opera
ISMN: 9790006558247

Amongst Rameau’s stage works which have come down to us in two main versions, such as “Dardanus“ (1739, 1744), “Platée“ (1745, 1749) and “Zoroastre“ (1749, 1756), none fell into oblivion for as long a period as “Castor et Pollux”. After the work had been premiered in 1737, not until 1754 did Rameau decide to revise it. He asked his librettist “Gentil-Bernard“ to add an act to the tragedy and to give more weight to the brotherly friendship between Castor and Pollux.
The main plot remains very similar to the one of 1737, aside from the fact that the sisters Télaïre and Phébé no longer are in love - the one with Castor the other with Pollux - but rather both with Castor which is the reason why Phébé is jealous of Télaïre. Already at the beginning of the first act Pollux relinquishes his love of Télaïre to the benefit of Castor. Castor, however, is killed by Linceus and finds himself in Hades. Pollux commits to saving his brother, sacrifices his immortality and declares his willingness to take Castor’s place in Hades so that his brother and Télaïre may be reunited. Jupiter, moved by this sacrifice, frees Pollux and bestows the couple immortality by giving them a place in the zodiac.
Following the editorial principles of the “Opera omnia Rameau” (and in contrast to the 1903 edition by August Chapuis issued within the old Rameau series), both versions of “Castor et Pollux”, the version of 1737 (OOR IV.3) and the present version of 1754 (OOR IV.23), are published in two separate volumes in their entirety. Owing to the discovery of the original performance material, today preserved at the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, the second version of 1754, which up until today was in the shadow of the 1737 version, can now be presented with its more tightly woven plot in all its vigor and dramatic momentum.
This edition is enriched with twelve additions which enable the performance of the 1763-1764 version when the work was restaged.

Sylvie Bouissou Préface générale
Sylvie Bouissou General Preface
Introduction
Circonstances de composition
Les représentations
Paris, Académieroyale de Musique, de 1754 à 1785
La création de janvier 1754
Distribution de la création
La reprise de janvier 1764
Distribution
Scénographie
Les reprises de janvier 1772 à février 1785
Les spectacles à la cour, de 1763 à 1777
Fontainebleau, novembre 1763
Distribution
Scénographie
Versailles, juin 1770 et mai 1777
Les représentations à l’étranger
Parme, décembre 1758
Distribution
Cassel, août 1771
Nature des remaniements
Accueil et jugements
Livret
Notes générales sur l’édition
Dynamiques
Orchestre
Citations
Remerciements
IntroduCtIon
Circumstances of the composition
Performances
Paris, Académie royale de Musique, from 1754 to 1785
The January 1754 premiere
Cast at the premiere
The January 1764 revival
Cast
Scenography
Revivals from January 1772 to February 1785
Court presentations, from 1763 to 1777
Fontainebleau, November 1763
Cast
Scenography
Versailles, June 1770 and May 1777
Performances abroad
Parma, December 1758
Cast
Kassel, August 177
Nature of the revisions
Reception and judgments
Libretto
General remarks on the edition
Dynamics
Orchestra
Quotations
Acknowledgments
Livret
Principes de transcription du livret adoptés pour les
Opera omnia Rameau
Editorial procedure transcribing the libretto for the
Opera omnia Rameau
Castor et Pollux
Castor et Pollux, version de 1754
Acteurs et actrices chantants, personnagesdansants, orchestre
Table de la partition de Castor et Pollux
Ouverture
Premier acte
Deuxième acte
Troisième acte
Quatrième acte
Cinquième acte
Compléments
Deuxième acte
Complément 1 version initiale de 1754
Complément 2 version initiale de 1754
Complément 3 version initiale de 1754
Quatrième acte
Complément 4 version initiale de 1754
Complément 5 version de 1763-1764
Complément 6 version de 1764
Complément 7 version initiale de 1754
Complément 8 version de 1763-1764
Cinquième acte
Complément 9 version initiale de 1754
Complément 10 version de 1763-1764
Complément 11 version initiale de 1754
Complément 12 version de 1763-1764
Apparat Critique
Abréviations
Sigles des bibliothèques et institutions
Abréviations courantes
Chœur
Instruments
Indications des sources
État des sources
Sources principales
Source de la musique
Source du livret
Sources secondaires
Sources d’autorité
Sources mineures
Filiation des sources de la musique
Fonctionnement des Notes critiques
Notes critiques
Musique
Livret
Annexes
Annexes 1-4
Facsimilés
Planches I-XII

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Jean-Philippe Rameau
Castor et Pollux RCT 32 B

Tragedy in 5 acts - Version of 1754

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