Pygmalion

Pygmalion was originally the fifth act in Le Triomphe des arts (see seventeenth-century volume for Le Triomphe des arts). Entitled La Sculpture in 1700, it was billed as Pygmalion on 27 August 1748 with a revised libretto by Ballot de Sauvot and a fresh score by Rameau. It was a short composition, and its brevity allowed for its being incorporated into many spectacles coupés. It was revived on 27 August 1749 and in March 1750. After another score of showings in 1752, it was returned to the…