Les âges
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Les âges (English: The Ages) or Le ballet des âges is an opéra-ballet in a prologue and three acts by the French composer André Campra. The libretto is by Jean-Louis Fuzelier. It was first performed at at the Académie royale de musique on 9 October 1718.
The three acts were entitled: 1. La jeunesse ou L'amour ingenu, 2. L'âge viril ou L'amour coquet, and 3. La vieillesse ou L'amour joué.
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- The Viking Opera Guide ed. Holden (Viking, 1993)
- Le magazine de l'opéra baroque
- [http://www.amadeusonline.net/almanacco.php?Start=0&Giorno=9&Mese=10&Anno=1718&Giornata=&Testo=&Parola=Stringa Amadeus Almanac
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