Les fêtes d'Hébé

Opéra-Ballet in 3 acts
Music by
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Libretto by
Antoine Gautier de Montdorge
Language
French
Premiere
1739
Roles
  • Hébé (Hebe)
    Soprano
    • L'Amour (Cupid)
      Soprano
      • Momus
        Baritone
        • Basse-Taille
      • The Charites
        Non-Singing
        • Dancers
      • Zephir (Zephyrus)
        Non-Singing
        • Dancers
      • Sapho
        Soprano
        • Thélème (Thelemus)
          Counter-Tenor
          • Haute-Contre
        • Alcée (Alcaeus)
          Baritone
          • Basse-Taille
        • Hymas
          Baritone
          • Basse-Taille
        • A slave girl, performing a naiad
          Soprano
          • A slave man, performing the god of a river
            Baritone
            • Basse-Taille
          • Another slave man, performing the god of a stream
            Counter-Tenor
            • Haute-Contre
          • Iphise
            Soprano
            • A Spartan woman
              Soprano
              • Lycurgue (Lycurgus)
                Counter-Tenor
                • Haute-Contre
              • The oracle
                Baritone
                • Basse-Taille
              • Tirtée (Tyrtaeus)
                Baritone
                • Basse-Taille
              • Eglé
                Soprano
                • A shepherdess
                  Soprano
                  • Mercure (Mercury)
                    Counter-Tenor
                    • Haute-Contre
                  • Eurilas
                    Baritone
                    • Basse-Taille
                  • Palemon, a shepherd playing the oboe
                    Non-Singing
                    • Silent Role
                  • Terpsicore (Terpsichore)
                    Non-Singing
                    • Dancers