Les surprises de l'Amour is an opéra-ballet in two entrées and a prologue by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. It was first performed in Versailles on 27 November 1748. The opera is set to a l
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau was a French composer and music theorist of the late Baroque era. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-
Les surprises de l'Amour
…Les surprises de l'Amour is an opéra-ballet in two entrées (three or four in later versions) and a prologue by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. It was first performed in Versailles on 27 November 1748. The opera is set to a libretto by Gentil-Bernard. According to the usage of the time, it was…
Jean-Philippe Rameau, by Jacques Aved, 1728
The Cathedral of Saint-Bénigne, Dijon
Bust of Rameau by Caffieri, 1760
Jean-Philippe Rameau in the timeline of French Baroque Composers.