Rameau, Jean-Philippe: Nais
Ballet héroique in a prologue and 4 acts
vocal/choral score
Like most of Rameau's operas, 'Zaďs' was extensively revised during the composer's lifetime and afterwards. Revisions already began during the first rehearsals and continued until the first performance. The composer and the librettist Cahusac finally used the Easter period in 1748 to work on those revisions, as well as structural changes and musical substitutions, these included some substantial additions to vocal and instrumental movements. The versi on which was performed after Easter is more convincing, both musically and dramatically.
In contrast, the revivals of 1761 and 1769 - the first after Cahusac's death, the second after Rameau's - contained drastic cuts including the entire prologue.
For the new volume in the 'Opera Omnia Rameau' the version from Easter 1748 has been chosen as the primary source. For performances, a choice can be made between this and the original version, a series of insertions links all the passages with another.
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