Les Paladins

Les Paladins was an opéra-ballet in three acts with a score by Rameau and a libretto by Monticourt . It was the last of the composer’s works to be mounted on the stage of the Royal Academy of Music, and it had its world premiere thereon 12 February 1760. The composer’s name did not appear on the libretto, and the work itself was not well received. It was dropped after its 15th performance on 20 March 1760, when receipts fell to 724 livres 10 sous. When the theatre reopened after closure on 15…