Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Fêtes de Ramire RCT 40
Ballet in einem Akt
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les Fêtes de Ramire RCT 40
Ballet in einem Akt
- Instrumentation Soloists, Mixed Choir and Orchestra
- Composer Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Editor Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Editor Julien Dubruque
- Lyricist Voltaire
- Edition Sheet Music
- Publisher Bärenreiter Verlag
- Order no. BA8876-01
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Description:
It tells the love story between Fatime, accused of murdering her father, and the king's son Ramire, who is in love with her and frees her from the captivity of his father Alphonse, the King of Castile.
The opera in the form of a one-act ballet was only performed once, on December 22, 1745 in Versailles, and is one of Rameau's lesser-known works. It has only been performed again in the recent past.
The commission for "Les Fêtes de Ramire" was not given to Rameau himself, however, but to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Nevertheless, the opera is based on Rameau's comédie-ballet "La Princess de Navarre", which had been performed just a few months earlier and whose libretto was written by Voltaire and which he shortened for "Les Fêtes de Ramire". Rousseau added the overture and new transitions to the work. According to Rousseau, these changes were reviewed by Rameau at the last minute, but he did not have enough time to compose new music.
While Voltaire described his own libretto as "wretched", and the few minutes of music by Rousseau have mainly curiosity value, the density of outstanding compositions by Rameau, many of which were later incorporated into his other works, makes a performance well worthwhile.
Further information can be found here:
https:
www.takte-online.de/suchergebnis/detailansicht-suche/artikel/kann-das-gutgehen-liebe-zwischen-feinden-in-rameaus-les-fetes-de-ramire/index.htm
The opera in the form of a one-act ballet was only performed once, on December 22, 1745 in Versailles, and is one of Rameau's lesser-known works. It has only been performed again in the recent past.
The commission for "Les Fêtes de Ramire" was not given to Rameau himself, however, but to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Nevertheless, the opera is based on Rameau's comédie-ballet "La Princess de Navarre", which had been performed just a few months earlier and whose libretto was written by Voltaire and which he shortened for "Les Fêtes de Ramire". Rousseau added the overture and new transitions to the work. According to Rousseau, these changes were reviewed by Rameau at the last minute, but he did not have enough time to compose new music.
While Voltaire described his own libretto as "wretched", and the few minutes of music by Rousseau have mainly curiosity value, the density of outstanding compositions by Rameau, many of which were later incorporated into his other works, makes a performance well worthwhile.
Further information can be found here:
https:
www.takte-online.de/suchergebnis/detailansicht-suche/artikel/kann-das-gutgehen-liebe-zwischen-feinden-in-rameaus-les-fetes-de-ramire/index.htm