La Guirlande ou les fleurs enchantées

La Guirlande ou les fleurs enchantées is an opera-ballet in a single act with a scenario by Marmontel and a score by Rameau. It had its world premiere at the Opéra as part of the spectacle coupé of 21 September 1751. The other two acts on this program were Les Génies tutélaires and the fourth act of Les Indes galantes. The action of La Guirlande begins with Mirtil confessing his inconstancy in a monologue directed at a garland of flowers he is carrying. He urges the flowers to regain their…