Platée

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Platée is a comic opera (ballet bouffon) by Jean-Philippe Rameau, renowned for its satirical plot and inventive, virtuosic score.

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Platée canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet bouffon ⓘ
comic opera ⓘ
acts 3 ⓘ
basedOn a libretto by Jacques Autreau ⓘ
catalogueNumber Rameau opera without standard opus number ⓘ
character Cithéron ⓘ
Juno ⓘ
Jupiter ⓘ
La Folie ⓘ
Mercury ⓘ
Momus ⓘ
Platée ⓘ
commissionedFor marriage of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain ⓘ
composer Jean-Philippe Rameau ⓘ
firstModernRevival 20th century ⓘ
genre comic opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
hasRecording multiple commercial audio recordings ⓘ
hasRoleType title role for high tenor (haute-contre) ⓘ
hasVideoRecording multiple filmed stage productions ⓘ
influenced modern revivals of French Baroque opera ⓘ
language French ⓘ
librettist Adrien-Joseph Le Valois d’Orville ⓘ
mainCharacter Platée (a marsh nymph) ⓘ
nationalityOfWork French ⓘ
notableFeature extensive use of dance ⓘ
parody of operatic conventions ⓘ
satirical plot ⓘ
virtuosic score ⓘ
orchestration Baroque orchestra with winds and continuo ⓘ
originalAudience French royal court at Versailles ⓘ
performancePractice often performed on period instruments in modern productions ⓘ
period Baroque ⓘ
placeInOeuvre one of Rameau’s major comic operas ⓘ
premiereDate 1745-03-31 ⓘ
premierePlace Versailles ⓘ
premiereVenue Grande Écurie, Versailles ⓘ
prologue yes ⓘ
satirizes courtly manners ⓘ
operatic heroics ⓘ
setting the marshes of Cithaeron in ancient Greece ⓘ
structure prologue and three acts ⓘ
style French Baroque opera-ballet ⓘ
subjectMatter deception of Platée by the gods ⓘ
jealousy of Juno ⓘ
mock courtship and marriage ⓘ
vocalForces soloists, chorus, and orchestra ⓘ

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Platée → character → Platée ⓘ