(English: The Ages) or is an opéra-ballet in a prologue and three acts by the French composer André Campra. The libretto is by Louis Fuzelier. It was first performed by the Académie royale de musique at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 9 October 1718.
The three acts were entitled:
The 1718 printed score includes a further act entitled (Rival Ages), which is numbered as the third entrée, while (with some alterations) is turned into the fourth entrée.[1]
Prologue | |||
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Hébé | soprano | Marie-Catherine Poussin | |
Time | bass-baritone | Le Mire | |
Vénus | soprano | Marie Antier | |
Bacchus | bass-baritone | Justin Destouches du Bourg | |
Act 1 | |||
Florise | soprano | Mlle Toulou | |
Artémise | haute-contre | Louis Murayre | |
Léandre | haute-contre | Jacques Cochereau | |
Zerbin | taille (baritenor) | Louis Mantienne | |
'' | soprano | Mlle de la Garde | |
Act 2 | |||
Eraste | bass-baritone | Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard | |
Lucinde | soprano | Marie-Catherine Poussin | |
Damon | haute-contre | Louis Murayre | |
Cléon | haute-contre | Guesdon | |
Act 3 | |||
Fabio | bass-baritone | Jean Dun "père" | |
Silvanire | soprano | Marie Antier | |
Valère | baritone[3] | Jean Dun fils | |
Argant | taille (baritenor) | Louis Mantienne | |
Merlin | haute-contre | Jacques Cochereau | |
haute-contre | Guesdon | ||
soprano | Mlle Haran[4] | ||
haute-contre | Louis Murayre |