Livret de Sylvain Ballot de Sauvot

Effectif: 3S-solo,T-solo / GemCh-SATB / 2(auch pte fl),2,2,0,2 – 2,2,0,2 – Cordes, B.c. – Ballett

Composed for the Academie Royale de Musique, “Pigmalion” is the first one-act ballet to be introduced by an overture. Here Rameau turned to the form of the “petit opera”. From the moment of its initial revival “Pigmalion”was extremely successful, and it remained so until 1781.

Nathalie Berton-Blivet’s new edition is based primarily on the performance mate...