Le Ballet de Villeneuve-Saint-Georges

Le Ballet de Villeneuve-Saint-Georges was composed of three entrées by Banzy with music by Pascal Colasse. It was produced for the first time on 1 September 1692 at Villeneuve-Saint-Georges before the dauphin and was mounted initially in Paris the following month at the Palais-Royal. It was never revived. The first of the three entrées depicts Aminte and Mirtil leading a chorus singing the praises of the dauphin and announcing the joys that his return from the battlefield and his inevitable…