Les Boréades

Les Boréades is the final opera composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764). The work takes the form of a tragédie lyrique in five acts. The libretto, attributed to Louis de Cahusac (1706–1759), is loosely based on the Greek legend of Abaris the Hyperborean and includes Masonic elements; the Boréades are the descendants of Boréas. Though evidently rehearsed in 1763, the work was yet unperformed by Rameau's death in 1764.

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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

• 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)
• La guirlande  (1751)