La guirlande
Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau
La guirlande (full name: La guirlande, ou Les fleurs enchantées) is an opera by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau with a libretto by Jean-François Marmontel. It takes the form of an acte de ballet (a one-act opera with many dance movements). It debuted on 21 September 1751 at the Paris Opéra. The primary theme is faithfulness, as shown by the characters of two shepherds.
The story occurs in Arcadia, an idealized area of Greece that was a popular setting in the pastoral literature of the time.
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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)
- Hippolyte et Aricie (1733)
- 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)