Le Temple de la gloire – Suite no. 2
Le temple de la Gloire (The Temple of Glory) is an opéra-ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau with a libretto by Voltaire. The work was first performed in a five-act version on 27 November 1745 at the Grande Écurie, Versailles to celebrate the French victory at the Battle of Fontenoy. It transferred, unsuccessfully, to the Paris Opéra on 7 December 1745. A revised version, in a prologue and three acts, appeared at the Opéra on 19 April 1746.
Movements
- Passepied en Rondeau
- Air vif pour les Héros
- Air pour les Démons
- Gavottes I & II en Musette
- Air
- Gavottes I & II
- Loure
- Air gai
- Gigue