Hippolyte et Aricie
Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau · libretto by Simon-Joseph Pellegrin · premiered 1733 · at Salle du Palais-Royal
Hippolyte et Aricie (Hippolytus and Aricia) was the first opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau. It was premiered to great controversy by the Académie Royale de Musique at its theatre in the Palais-Royal in Paris on October 1, 1733. The French libretto, by Abbé Simon-Joseph Pellegrin, is based on Racine's tragedy Phèdre. The opera takes the traditional form of a tragédie en musique with an allegorical prologue followed by five acts. Early audiences found little else conventional about the work.
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About the Composer
Jean-Philippe Rameau is the composer of record for this opera.
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Other Operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Les Boréades (1683)
- Les Indes galantes (1735)
- Castor et Pollux (1737)
- Dardanus (1739)
- La princesse de Navarre (1745)
- Le temple de la Gloire (1745)
- Acante et Céphise (1751)
- La guirlande (1751)