Le Temple de la Gloire RCT 59 (RAMEAU JEAN-PHILIPPE)

Operatic Arias: Tenor Vol. 2-J-P. Rameau's Haute-contre / Operatic arias: Tenor Volume 2 BA 9197. This volume contains the second half of the great monologues arias and ariettas that Rameau wrote for Haute Contre and which are sung today by a high Tenor. It includes Tenor arias from the operas: “Les Paladins” (Atis Manto) / “Platée” (Thespis Platée) / “Pygmalion” (Pygmalion) / “Le Temple de la Gloire” (Apollon Bacchus Trajan) / “Zaïs” (Zaïis un Sylphe) / “Zoroastre” (Zoroastre).Features: Detailed historical Introductions (Fr/Eng) Well-presented idiomatic Piano reduction based on Rameau's “Opera Omnia” Each number is preceded by a brief account of the dramatic situation and an English translation of the Vocal text Co-edited by the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles and the Société Jean Philippe Rameau (distributed exclusively by Bärenreiter)

Le Temple de la Gloire RCT 59. Rameau?s only extant opera based on a libretto by Voltaire has come down to us in two versions (1745 and 1746), that of 1745 having long been regarded as lost. Volume IV.12 of the ?Opera omnia Rameau? now provides a complete edition for the first time and thus the means to perform both versions. Voltaire refers to Metastasio in his libretto, in that he wanted to liberate the opera from the gallant milieu in order to make it a moralising and at the same time both edifying and political work of art for the stage. Following a prologue dedicated to the personified Envy, the tyrants Bélus and Bacchus are chased out of the Temple of Glory and Trajan is finally crowned with a laurel wreath for defeating the rebels, forgiving them and then transforming the Temple of Glory into a public temple. The music contains many remarkable passages, examples being a richly orchestrated overture, the famous monologue ?Profonds abîmes du Ténare? with obbligato bassoons and Trajan?s artful final scene ?Ramage d?oiseaux?. The opera?s individual instrumental movements are also available in the customary manner now as a practical separate edition. The performance material is available on hire.

Baritone-Operatic AriasBased on the Opera Omnia Rameau (OOR) This edition contains the great monologues arias and ariettas that Rameau wrote for basse-taille (the 18th-century equivalent of today’s baritone). The volume which contains a historical Introduction in German and English is based on the critical edition of the works Opera omnia Rameau (OOR). A short description of the dramatic situation and an English translation of the vocal text precede each number. The volume contains the baritone arias for the main characters from the following operas: Anacréon (Anacréon)Castor et Pollux (Pollux)Dardanus (Anténor)Les Fêtes de Polymnie (Zimès)Hippolyte et Aricie (Thésée)Les Indes galantes (Bellone Huascar Adario)Naïs (Tirésie)La Naissance d’Osiris (le grand Prêtre)Nélée et Myrthis (Nélée)Les Paladins (Orcan Anselme)La Princesse de Navarre (un Français)Les Surprises de l’amour (Anacréon Astole)Le Temple de la Gloire (l’Envie)Zoroastre (Abramane)