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King BĂ©lus has deserted his love, the princess Lydie, in a quest for glory through brutal military conquest. Lydie seeks consolation with the Muses and the local shepherds and shepherdesses try to comfort her with their dances. BĂ©lus and his warriors arrive. The gods have rejected his claim to enter
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Emperor Trajan's wife Plautine has followed him to Armenia where he is fighting to crush a rebellion by five kings. Plautine persuades the priests of Mars and the priestesses of Venus to pray for Trajan's success in battle. Trajan returns victorious with the conquered kings in chains, but he
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magnanimously forgives them and has them freed. Glory descends from the skies to offer Trajan a laurel wreath and the scene changes to her temple. Trajan says he is not worthy of such a great honour and asks for the gods to transform it into the Temple of
Happiness for all the world instead.
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Bacchus's followers celebrate his conquest of Asia. Bacchus boasts of his invention of wine to his lover Ărigone. As he approaches the Temple of Glory the High Priest forbids him to enter: he may have won fame by spreading drunken debauchery but only deeds of virtue bring lasting glory.
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Envy and her followers plot to destroy the Temple of Glory but their attack is thwarted by Apollo, the Muses, the demi-gods and heroes. Apollo condemns Envy to be chained eternally to the foot of the temple. The prologue ends with a celebration of peace and the arts.
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the Temple of Glory because of his tyranny. Lydie and the shepherds persuade him that a true king should spread happiness among his people rather than wage war.
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The original libretto states six names for the roles of the vanquished kings, three of whom, Poirier, Latour and
Lefevre, were hautes-contre (
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on 7 December 1745. A revised version, in a prologue and three acts, appeared at the Opéra on 19 April 1746.
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Le Temple de la Gloire, Opéra de M De
Voltaire; mis en musique par M Rameau (...)
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Priests of Mars and priestesses of Venus; Roman men and women; followers of Glory
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Mlles
Romainville, Canavasse, Jacquet, Delastre; Monsieurs Le Begue, Duguet
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Undiscouraged, Bacchus and his followers set off on their travels again.
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Le Temple de la Gloire, Feste donnée à Versailles, le 27 Novembre 1745
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which was used for hautes-contre, the third is notated in the
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Demons accompanying Envy; Muses and heroes accompanying Apollo
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Poirier, La Tour, Le Fevre, Gallard, Albert, Person
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Shepherds and shepherdesses; captive kings accompanying BĂ©lus
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Shepherds and shepherdesses; young Roman men and women
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Traité de l'harmonie réduite à ses principes naturels
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152:Eight demons, seven heroes and the nine Muses
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686:Only six singers are listed in the libretto.
409:Marie-Jeanne Fesch, known as Mlle Chevalier
363:Priests and priestesses of Glory; warriors,
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53:to celebrate the French victory at the
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436:Vanquished kings accompanying Trajan
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222:Un autre berger (Another shepherd)
942:Les fĂȘtes de l'Hymen et de l'Amour
768:, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001.
601:Scene: Outside the Temple of Glory
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516:Marie-Angélique Coupé or Coupée
356:Marie-Angélique Coupé or Coupée
258:Les neuf Muses (The nine Muses)
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469:Dancers: First divertissement:
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1219:Operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau
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137:Mlle Rotisset de Romainville
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510:Une bergĂšre (A shepherdess)
486:Une Romaine (A Roman woman)
326:Une prĂȘtresse (a priestess)
198:Une bergĂšre (A shepherdess)
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538:Romans of different estates
492:Mlle Bourbonnois the elder
278:Shepherds and shepherdesses
204:Mlle Bourbonnois the elder
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554:three women and two men
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209:Un berger (A shepherd)
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659:Le temple de la Gloire
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639:Le temple de la Gloire
563:Synopsis: 1746 version
28:Le temple de la Gloire
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918:Les fĂȘtes de Polymnie
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822:Jean-Philippe Rameau
667:Jean-Claude Malgoire
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43:Jean-Philippe Rameau
21:Jean-Philippe Rameau
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862:Hippolyte et Aricie
615:Scene: The city of
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231:Jean-Paul Spesoller
65:Roles: 1745 version
45:with a libretto by
33:The Temple of Glory
1115:PiĂšces de Clavecin
870:Les Indes galantes
669:(2 LPs, CBS, 1982)
645:(2 CDs, PBP, 2018)
129:Une muse (A Muse)
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674:References
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308:Marie Fel
51:Versailles
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425:Fanie
414:Junie
385:Act 4
284:Act 3
176:Lidie
163:BĂ©lus
158:Act 2
112:Apollo
83:Act 1
1088:Linus
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633:Audio
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