Samson (opera)
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Samson is an opera by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau with a libretto by Voltaire. The work was never staged due to censorship, although Voltaire later printed his text. Rameau intended the o
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Voltaire in 1736
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Les fêtes de Polymnie
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Les fêtes de Polymnie is an opéra-ballet in three entrées and a prologue by Jean-Philippe Rameau. The work was first performed on 12 October 1745 at the Opéra, Paris, and is set to a libretto by Louis
Antiochus and Stratonice, Gerard de Lairesse, 1671-1675, Rijksmuseum Twenthe