' (English: ''The Ages'') or ' is an ''
opéra-ballet'' in a prologue and three acts by the French composer
André Campra
André Campra (; baptized 4 December 1660 – 29 June 1744) was a French composer and conductor of the Baroque era. The leading French opera composer in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau, Campra wrote several '' tra ...
. The
libretto
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is by
Louis Fuzelier. It was first performed by the
Académie royale de musique at the
Théâtre du Palais-Royal on 9 October 1718.
Structure
The three acts were entitled:
#' (Youth or Naive Love)
#' (Manhood or Pretty Love)
#' (Old Age or Playful Love)
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.
[''Les Ages. Ballet en Musique Par Monsieur Campra'', Paris, Ballard, 1718 (digitized a]
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Roles
References
Further reading
* Original libretto: ''Les Ages, Balet Representé pour la Premiere Fois par l'Académie Royale de Musique, Le Dimanche neuf Octobre 1718'', Paris, Ribou, 1718 (accessible for free online a
Gallica, Bibliothèque Nationale de France
*''The Viking Opera Guide'' ed.
Holden
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(Viking, 1993)
Le magazine de l'opéra baroque
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