Les Romans

Les Romans (The novels) was billed as a heroic ballet in three entrées and a prologue with music by Niel and a libretto by Michel de Bonneval. It had its world premiere at the Royal Academy of Music on 23 August 1736. Later, on 23 September 1736, it added a new entrée by the same author, Le Roman merveilleux (The supernatural novel) while retaining its original three acts entitled La Bergerie (Pastoral fiction), La Chevalerie (Tales of chivalry), and La Féerie (Fairy-tale fiction). No expense…