Platée

Platée was offered as a comedy-ballet in three acts and a prologue with music by Rameau and a libretto by Autreau , who designed his poem “in the taste of Cariselli” to conform to the spirit of the carnaval season and to fill “the empty spots of summer.” This lively work was the first attempt by French authors to exploit the bouffon manner of the old Italian masters, and it enjoyed 15 representations during its first run from 9 February to 21 March 1749. It was revived for another six…