Zélindor, roi des Sylphes (English: Zélindor, king of the Sylphs) is an opera-ballet, a divertissement in one act, created at Versailles in 1745 by François Rebel to a libretto by François-Augustin Paradis de Moncrif. In March 1753 the ballet was revived and was the last significant success of Madame de Pompadour's troupe, the Théâtre des Petits Cabinets.
Roles
- Zyrphée - soprano
- Zélindor - tenor
- Zulim - bass
- la nymphe - soprano
Recordings
- orchestra Ausonia, dir. Frédérick Haas and Mira Glodeanu; in 20-CD box set 200 ans de Musique à Versailles Codaex (2007)
- with Le Trophée by François Francoeur. Opera Lafayette cond. Ryan Brown, Naxos (2009)
References
- Jean-Noël Laurenti Valeurs morales et religieuses sur la scène de l'Académie royale - 2002 - 2600006745 - "Ce motif de la mise à l'épreuve de la mortelle par un génie élémentaire devait être repris par Moncrif dans le livret de Zélindor, roi des Sylphes, divertissement en un acte créé à Versailles en 1745. "
- Michael Hüttler, Hans Ernst Weidinger Ottoman Empire and European Theatre V: Gluck and the Turkish Subject 3990120751 2019 " owned by Madame de Pompadour (1721–1764); their last significant success was the one-act ballet Zélindor, Roi des Sylphes, "
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