Indes galantes, Les
Indes galantes, Les (The courtly Indies). Opéra-ballet in prol. and 4 entrées by Rameau to lib. by Louis Fuzelier. Prod. Paris 1735, with 4th entrée 1736. First modern revivals, Paris 1952, NY 1961, London 1974. Each entrée tells a love-story from a different part of the world: 1. Le Turc généreux (The generous Turk). 2. Les Incas de Pérou (The Incas of Peru). 3. Les Fleurs, feste Persane (The Flowers, Persian festival). 4. Les Sauvages (The Savages).
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