Les Indes galantes

About the show

Hébé and Cupid redirect the pursuit of love from Europe to distant lands. In four entrées, Émilie and Valère reunite through Osman’s generosity; the Inca princess Phani chooses Carlos over the priest Huascar; Persian lovers resolve their disguises and suspicions; and Zima chooses Native American Adario over two European suitors. The Flowers entrée exists in two versions and was later omitted from Rameau’s 1761 form.