Jean Philippe Rameau: Les Indes Galantes (Danse du grand calumet de la paix)

#IndesGalantes #Rameau #FrenchOpera #SonyaYoncheva Soprano: Sonya Yoncheva Les Indes Galantes is an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau with a libretto by Louis Fuzelier. It takes the form of an opéra-ballet with a prologue and (in its final form) four entrées (acts). Following an allegorical prologue, the four entrées have distinct and separate plots, but are unified by the theme of love in exotic places. The most famous pieces from the work, Danse des Sauvages and the final Chaconne, come from the final entrée (Les sauvages). The premiere, including only the prologue and the first two of its four entrées (acts), was staged by the Académie Royale de Musique at its theatre in the Palais-Royal in Paris on 23 August 1735.