Opera in the Repertoire · Classical
Les sibarites
Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Les sibarites (The Sybarites) is an opera in the form of a one-act acte de ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau, first performed on 13 November 1753 at Fontainebleau. The libretto is by Jean-François Marmontel. It tells the story of a war between Sybaris and Croton. The conflict ends when the king and queen of the two cities fall in love with each other. The work was later incorporated into a revival of Rameau's opéra-ballet Les surprises de l'Amour in 1757.
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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)