Naïs
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Naïs is an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau first performed on 22 April 1749 at the Opéra in Paris. It takes the form of a pastorale héroïque in three acts and a prologue. The librettist was Louis de Cahusac.
[edit] Recording
- Naïs English Bach Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan (2 CDs, Erato, 1980)
[edit] Sources
- Cuthbert Girdlestone Jean-Philippe Rameau: His Life and Work (Dover paperback edition, 1969)
- The New Grove French Baroque Masters ed. Graham Sadler (Grove/Macmillan, 1988)
- The Viking Opera Guide ed. Amanda Holden (Viking, 1993)