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