LES INDES GALANTES
Les Indes Galantes was performed by Enseble Orquesta at The Cockpit Theatre in February 2022
Hebe, goddess of youth, summons her followers to take part in a festival.
Young French, Spanish, Italians, and Poles rush to celebrate.
The ballet is interrupted by the noise of drums and trumpets. It is Bellona, goddess of war, who arrives on the stage accompanied by warriors bearing flags. Bellona calls on the youths to seek out military glory. Hebe prays to Cupid (L'Amour) to use his power to hold them back. Cupid arrives and decides to abandon Europe in favour of the ‘Indies’, where love is more welcome...
Les Indes Galantes, ('The Amorous Indies’), composed by Jean-Phillipe Rameau (1683-1764), was premiered by the Académie Royale de Musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris on 23rd August 1735.
Production by; Ensemble Orquesta
Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau
Directed by Marcio da Silva
