Les Boréades

from Jean-Philippe Rameau


Les Boréades
Tragédie en musique in five acts

Libretto

Louis de Cahusac

Premiere

16 September 1964, Paris (Maison de la Radio) concert, unperformed in Rameau's lifetime

Cast

ALPHISE (soprano)
ABARIS (tenor)
SEMIRE (soprano)
BORILEE (baritone)
CALISIS (tenor)
ADAMAS (bass)
BOREE (bass)

CHORUS
pleasures and graces, Alphise's retinue, Bactrian people, muses, arts, subterranean winds, Borea's retinue

Place

ancient kingdom of Bactria

Time

Composer

Rameau, Jean-Philippe