Les Amours de Tempé

Les Amours de Tempé is a heroic ballet in four entrées for which Cahusac wrote the libretto and Dauvergne composed the score. It had its premiere on 9 November 1752 at the Palais-Royal, and it enjoyed nine performances in 1752 and six in 1753 before being dropped from the repertory. Its first act was produced separately on 26 June 1753. The first act entitled Le Bal ou l’Amour discret opens with a ball in progress, and Silvandre is explaining to masked Doris that he is looking for his unknown…