Le temple de la Gloire

Jean-Philippe Rameau
Operas Hippolyte et Aricie (1733) Les Indes galantes (1735) Castor et Pollux (1737) Les fêtes d'Hébé (1739) Dardanus (1739) La princesse de Navarre (1745) Platée (1745) Les fêtes de Polymnie (1745) Le temple de la Gloire (1745) Les fêtes de Ramire (1745) Les fêtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour (1747) Zaïs (1748) Les surprises de l'Amour (1748) Pigmalion (1748) Naïs (1749) Zoroastre (1749) La guirlande (1751) Acante et Céphise (1751) Daphnis et Eglé (1753) Les sibarites (1753) La naissance d'Osiris (1754) Anacréon (1754) Anacréon ( different version, 1757) Les Paladins (1760) Les Boréades (unperformed) Nélée et Myrthis (date unknown) Zéphire (date unknown) Io (unfinished, date unknown) See also: Lost operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau List of operas by Rameau

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.

Contents 1 Roles 1.1 Act 1 1.1.1 Singers 1.1.2 Dancers 1.1.3 Act 2 1.1.3.1 Singers 1.1.3.2 Dancers 1.1.4 Act 3 1.1.4.1 Singers 1.1.4.2 Dancers 1.1.5 Act 4 1.1.5.1 Singers 1.1.5.2 Dancers 1.1.6 Act 5 1.1.6.1 Singers 1.1.6.2 Dancers 2 References

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