Les Indes galantes (Rameau)

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opéra-ballet stage work

Les Indes galantes is a 1735 opéra-ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau that combines exotic-themed dance, vocal music, and spectacle, and is considered one of the composer’s most celebrated stage works.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Les Indes galantes (Rameau) canonical	2
Rameau stage works	2
Jean-Philippe Rameau’s Les Indes galantes	1
Les Indes galantes (play by Louis Fuzelier)	1
Les Indes galantes, acte des Sauvages	1
Les Indes galantes, ballet héroïque	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1012343 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Les Indes galantes (Rameau)
Context triple: [Académie royale de musique, notableWorkPremiered, Les Indes galantes (Rameau)]

A. Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau)
Hippolyte et Aricie is a 1733 tragédie lyrique by Jean-Philippe Rameau, based on Racine’s Phèdre and renowned for its innovative orchestration and harmonic daring in the French Baroque opera repertoire.
B. Le Neveu de Rameau
Le Neveu de Rameau is a philosophical dialogue by Denis Diderot that satirically explores morality, society, and genius through a conversation between a philosopher and the eccentric nephew of composer Jean-Philippe Rameau.
C. Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music
Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music is the orchestral dance and ballet score composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck for his reform opera "Orfeo ed Euridice," noted for its graceful melodies and dramatic expressiveness.
D. Théâtre Feydeau
Théâtre Feydeau was a prominent Parisian theater of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for hosting opera and comic opera performances and playing a key role in the city’s musical life.
E. Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
Iphigénie en Tauride is a 1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck that exemplifies his reformist approach to opera, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive music over vocal display.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Les Indes galantes (Rameau)
Target entity description: Les Indes galantes is a 1735 opéra-ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau that combines exotic-themed dance, vocal music, and spectacle, and is considered one of the composer’s most celebrated stage works.

A. Hippolyte et Aricie (Rameau)
Hippolyte et Aricie is a 1733 tragédie lyrique by Jean-Philippe Rameau, based on Racine’s Phèdre and renowned for its innovative orchestration and harmonic daring in the French Baroque opera repertoire.
B. Le Neveu de Rameau
Le Neveu de Rameau is a philosophical dialogue by Denis Diderot that satirically explores morality, society, and genius through a conversation between a philosopher and the eccentric nephew of composer Jean-Philippe Rameau.
C. Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music
Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music is the orchestral dance and ballet score composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck for his reform opera "Orfeo ed Euridice," noted for its graceful melodies and dramatic expressiveness.
D. Théâtre Feydeau
Théâtre Feydeau was a prominent Parisian theater of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, known for hosting opera and comic opera performances and playing a key role in the city’s musical life.
E. Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck)
Iphigénie en Tauride is a 1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck that exemplifies his reformist approach to opera, emphasizing dramatic integrity and expressive music over vocal display.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	opéra-ballet ⓘ stage work ⓘ
catalogueNumber	Rameau opera premiered 1735 at Paris Opera ⓘ
composer	Jean-Philippe Rameau ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ
genre	baroque opera ⓘ opéra-ballet ⓘ
hasPart	Le Turc généreux ⓘ Les Fleurs (Fête persane) ⓘ Les Incas du Pérou ⓘ Les Sauvages ⓘ Prologue (Le Turc généreux introduction) ⓘ
hasRoleType	bass roles ⓘ soprano roles ⓘ tenor roles ⓘ
historicalContext	early 18th-century French opera ⓘ
includes	choral scenes ⓘ dance ⓘ orchestral music ⓘ spectacle ⓘ vocal music ⓘ
influencedBy	contemporary fascination with the exotic ‘Indies’ ⓘ
isAmong	Jean-Philippe Rameau’s most celebrated stage works ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
librettist	Louis Fuzelier ⓘ
notableModernProduction	Opéra national de Paris 2019 production ⓘ
notableSection	Air des Sauvages ⓘ Danse du grand calumet de la paix ⓘ Forêts paisibles ⓘ
originalCompany	Paris Opera ⓘ
originalInstitution	Académie Royale de Musique ⓘ linked to: Académie royale de musique
performancePractice	French Baroque ornamentation ⓘ
period	French Baroque ⓘ
premiereCity	Paris ⓘ
premiereDate	1735-08-23 ⓘ
premierePlace	Académie Royale de Musique ⓘ linked to: Académie royale de musique
premiereYear	1735 ⓘ
revival	20th-century early music movement ⓘ
setting	North America ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Persia ⓘ Peru ⓘ
structure	prologue and four entrées ⓘ
style	French dance-suite tradition ⓘ ornate orchestration ⓘ
thematicFocus	exoticism ⓘ love intrigues in distant lands ⓘ

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