Le temple de la Gloire
Le temple de la Gloire (The Temple of Glory) is an opéra-ballet in five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau. The work was first performed on 27 November 1745 at the Grande Ecurie, Versailles, and is set to a libretto by Voltaire.
Roles
Act 1
Singers
- Envy
- Apollo
- The nine Muses
- Demons accompanying Envy
- Demi-gods and.heroes accompanying Apollo
Dancers
- Eight demons, seven heroes and the nine Muses
Act 2
Singers
- Lidie
- Arsine, confidant of Lidie
- Shepherds and shepherdesses
- A shepherdess
- A shepherd
- Another shepherd
- Bélus
- Captive kings and soldiers accompanying Bélus
- Apollon
- The nine Muses
Dancers
- Shepherds and shepherdesses
Act 3
Singers
- Grand priest of Glory
- A priestess
- Chorus of priests and priestesses of Glory
- A warrior, follower of Bacchus
- A bacchante
- Bacchus
- Erigone
- Warriors, egypans, bacchantes, and satyrs accompanying Bacchus
Dancers
- First divertissement: five priestesses of Glory, four heroes
- Second divertissement: nine bacchantes, six egypans, eight satyrs
Act 4
Singers
- Plautine
- Junie & Fanie, confidants of Plautine
- Priests of Mars and priestesses of Venus
- Trajan
- Warriors accompanying Trajan
- Roman men and women
- Glory
- Followers of Glory
Dancers
- Premier Divertissement: four priests and five priestesses of Mars
- Second Divertissement: followers of Glory, five men and four women
Act 5
Singers
- A Romaine
- A shepherdess
- Shepherds and shepherdesses
- A Roman man
- Young Roman men and women
- All characters from Act 4
Dancers
- Romans of different estates
- First quadrille: three men and two women
- Second quadrille: three men and two women
- Third quadrille: three women and two men
- Fourth quadrille: three women and two men
References
- Sources
- Girdlestone, Cuthbert, Jean-Philippe Rameau: His Life and Work Dover paperback edition, 1969
- Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. ISBN 0-140-29312-4
- Sadler, Graham, The New Grove French Baroque Masters Grove/Macmillan, 1988
- Rameau Le Site