Les Caprices de Galathée

Les Caprices de Galathée is a brief ballet in one act for which Noverre did the scenario and choreography. The composer of its score remains unidentified, although he signed the work, “Granier.” Thus, he may have been the musician by this name who was playing second violin in the Opéra orchestra at the time that this composition was billed initially at the Royal Academy of Music on 17 November 1776. The spectacle coupé into which Les Caprices de Galathée had been incorporated enjoyed very…