Les Grâces

Les Grâces is a heroic ballet in three entrées and a prologue for which Mouret did the musical score and Roy wrote the libretto (see seventeenthcentury volume for Mouret and Roy). It had its premiere at the Palais-Royal on 5 May 1735, and its first run extended for 12 performances until 31 May 1735. It was revived in revised form on 7 July 1744. The prologue and each act are prefaced with a citation from the ancient writer inspiring the subject treated in the entrée, and this extract is…