RAMEAU Castor et Pollux RCT 32 B. Riduzione canto e pianoforte. Barenreiter

Amongst Rameau’s stage works which have come down to us in two main versions, such as “Dardanus“ (1739, 1744), “Platée“ (1745, 1749) and “Zoroastre“ (1749, 1756), none fell into oblivion for as long a period as “Castor et Pollux”. After the work had been premiered in 1737, not until 1754 did Rameau decide to revise it. He asked his librettist “Gentil-Bernard“ to add an act to the tragedy and to give more weight to the brotherly friendship between Castor and Pollux. The main plot remains very similar to the one of 1737, aside from the fact that the sisters Télaïre and Phébé no longer are in love – the one with Castor the other with Pollux – but rather both with Castor which is the reason why Phébé is jealous of Télaïre. Already at the beginning of the first act Pollux relinquishes his love of Télaïre to the benefit of Castor. Castor, however, is killed by Linceus and finds himself in Hades. Pollux commits to saving his brother, sacrifices his immortality and declares his willingness to

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