Les Talens Lyriques
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Les Talens Lyriques is a baroque orchestra
founded in 1991 by French conductor Christophe Rousset
.
The ensemble takes its name from Jean-Philippe Rameau
's opéra-ballet Les fêtes d'Hébé
ou les talens lyriques (1739).
Baroque orchestra
The Baroque orchestra is the type of orchestra that existed during the Baroque period, commonly identified as 1600-1750. Its origins were in France where Jean-Baptiste Lully added the newly re-designed hautboy and transverse flutes to his vingt-quatre violons du Roy...
founded in 1991 by French conductor Christophe Rousset
Christophe Rousset
Christophe Rousset is a French harpsichordist and conductor, specializing in the performance of baroque music on period instruments.-Biography:...
.
The ensemble takes its name from Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era. He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera and is also considered the leading French composer for the harpsichord of his time, alongside François...
's opéra-ballet Les fêtes d'Hébé
Les fêtes d'Hébé
Les fêtes d'Hébé, ou Les talents lyriques is an opéra-ballet in a prologue and three entrées by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. The libretto was written by Antoine Gautier de Montdorge...
ou les talens lyriques (1739).
External links
- http://www.lestalenslyriques.com/