Les Paladins

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Les Paladins is an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau first performed on 12 February, 1760. The author of the libretto is unknown, but it has been attributed to Duplat de Monticourt. Rameau called Les Paladins a comédie lyrique, putting it in the same category as his earlier work Platée

Recordings

  • Les Paladins Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (2 DVDs, Opus Arte, 2005)

Sources

  • Cuthbert Girdlestone Jean-Philippe Rameau: His Life and Work (Dover paperback edition, 1969)
  • The New Grove French Baroque Masters ed. Graham Sadler (Grove/Macmillan, 1988)
  • The Viking Opera Guide ed. Amanda Holden (Viking, 1993)