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Zélindor, roi des Sylphes

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Zélindor, roi des Sylphes is an opera-ballet, a divertissement in one act, by François Rebel to a libretto by François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif created at Versailles in 1745.[1] In March 1753 the ballet was revived and was the last significant success of Madame de Pompadour's troupe the Théâtre des Petits Cabinets.[2]

Roles

  • Zyrphée - soprano
  • Zélindor - tenor
  • Zulim - bass
  • la nymphe - soprano

Recordings

  • orchestra Ausonia, dir. Frédérick Haas and Mira Glodeanu ; in 20 CD box set 200 ans de Musique à Versailles Codaex (2007)
  • with Le Trophée by François Francoeur. Opera Lafayette cond. Ryan Brown, Naxos (2009)

References

  1. ^ Jean-Noël Laurenti Valeurs morales et religieuses sur la scène de l'Académie royale - 2002 - 2600006745 - "Ce motif de la mise à l'épreuve de la mortelle par un génie élémentaire devait être repris par Moncrif dans le livret de Zélindor, roi des Sylphes, divertissement en un acte créé à Versailles en 1745. "
  2. ^ Michael Hüttler, Hans Ernst Weidinger Ottoman Empire and European Theatre V: Gluck and the Turkish Subject 3990120751 2019 " owned by Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764); their last significant success was the one-act ballet Zélindor, Roi des Sylphes, "