Rameau - Platee - La Folie - Hymen

Although the libretto is not by Moliere, his spirit seems to be present on the stage giving all inspiration.

After watching this video I agreed with Berlioz and Debussy, who said: "Rameau is the greatest french composer ever".

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• rameau
• platee
• la
• folie
• hymen

[deLevand]

Est-ce que c'est la scene de la finale de l'opera?

Is it a final scene of this opera?

E la scena della finale di quest'opera?

Czy to jest scena z finału tej opery?

[mgpoliveira]

No, it is the end of the second act. There is still much more of the opera after that scene.

[wolfgang7445]

if only Bach wrote opera...

[mgpoliveira]

Bach did not write operas but you can have a glimpse of how it would be by listening to some of his secular cantatas, like the Kaffee kantate and others.

[reinpost]

And from some of his pieces it's apparent that Bach was a huge Rameau fan ...

[mgpoliveira]

For sure, french baroque composers had a great influence on Bach, specially on his keyboard works, but it can also be heard on his vocal works as well.

At he beginning of his career, still in Lünenberg, as young as 15, Bach had already known and studied pieces of composers like Jean-Baptiste Lully, François Couperin and other, being Couperin and the italian Antonio Vivaldi his lifetime greatest favourites.

[deLevand]

Vive l'opera baroque! Vive Monsieur Rameau!

[azerty123]

LA FOLIE.(Seule d'abord, puis avec MOMUS, MERCURE, CITHERON & TOUS LES CHOEURS.) Hymen, hymen, l'Amour t'appelle Prépare à Jupiter une chaîne nouvelle, Viens couronner la nouvelle Junon. PLATEE, à ce mot de nouvelle Junon. Hé, bon, bon, bon. LA FOLIE, MOMUS, MERCURE, CITHERON, TOUS LES CHOEURS, & PLATEE, à différentes reprises. Que la flamme Qui brûle son âme, Allume ton brandon. Hé, bon, bon, bon, Venez tôt, venez donc. Hé, bon, bon, bon. Venez donc.

[StCorentin]

@Varese52

Rameau and Berlioz have' in common a sense of orchestral colours.

[moviegurl16]

wen the guy laughs at 1:29 - 1:30

that was funny ;p

[P1B1U1H1]

@mgpoliveira He considered opera beneath him.

[zarbithechti]

Cette version Marc Minkowski est formidable, et Mireille Delunsch (ici) et Paul Agnew (Platée) — et toute la distribution — sont formidables : un pur régal !

[zarbithechti]

Cette version Marc Minkowski est formidable, et Mireille Delunsch (ici) et Paul Agnew (Platée) — et toute la distribution — sont formidables : un pur régal !

[batoud]

que c'est jouissif. à écouter , et à réécouter.

[violinhunter2]

Rameau etait un genie!!! Bravo!!

[gabe2ricco]

J'adore! Il est génial Monsieur Rameau!

[Varese52]

After hearing Rameau one has a sense of where Berlioz comes from, even if he himself said that Gluck was his primary inspiration, there is no question that something of this affective writing found its way, however coincidentally, into Berlioz's music.