Les Horaces

Les Horaces, the third ballet by this title to be given at the Opéra in Paris, used Guillard’s libretto for its scenario although this text had already been set by Salieri and performed at the Royal Academy of Music in 1786. The new score for this third Les Horaces was supplied by Porta, and the composition had its world premiere at the Opéra on 18 October 1800. This collaboration by Guillard and Porta was not very popular, and it was produced on only nine dates at the Royal Academy of Music…