Les Horaces

Les Horaces was billed as a tragic ballet in five acts with music by Starzer and choreography by Noverre. The first and sole run of Noverre’s composition extended for only nine representations between 21 January and 20 February 1777, and its billings at the Royal Academy of Music raise the question of the connection between it and the work of the same title that the duchess du Maine promoted in 1755. This earlier creation was in the form of a scenario and set to instrumental music designed to…