Platée
Classification added June 6, 2016Premiered March 31, 1745
Versailles, France. La Grande Ecurie
Composer:
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Original Language:
French
Librettist:
Adrien-Joseph Le Valois d’Orville
Description:
Opera in a Prologue and Three Acts
Notes:
Adapted from the libretto Platée, ou Junon jalouse by Jacques Autreau.
Classification is of the revised version of Platée that premiered in February 1749.
Time Period:
mythological
Place:
Mt. Cithaeron, Greece
Classification key
- L – Leading
- F – Featured
- S – Supporting
- B – Solo Bit
- CB – Chorus Bit
- MB – Mute Bit
| Role | Voice Part | Classification |
|---|---|---|
| La Folie | Soprano | L |
| Platée | Tenor | L |
| Thespis | Tenor | F |
| Momus | Baritone | F |
| Cithéron | Baritone | F |
| Mercury | Tenor | S |
| Jupiter | Baritone | S |
| Thalie | Soprano | B |
| L’amour | Soprano | B |
| Clarine | Soprano | B |
| Juno | Soprano | B |
| A Satyr | Baritone | B |
| Vendangeuse 1 | Soprano | CB |
| Vendangeuse 2 | Soprano | CB |
| If the following roles are combined, as playbills for the 1749 production show, then their classification would be: | ||
| Thespis and Mercury | Tenor | L |
| A Satyr and Jupiter | Baritone | F |
| Thalie and Clarine | Soprano | S |
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Minimum Chorus: 24
Divisi: SATB