This clown world has gone too far, /monarchy/. Hear me out.
>The Ballet Royal de la Nuit (Royal Ballet of the Night), Ballet Royal de la Nuict in its original spelling and often referred to simply as the Ballet de la Nuit, is a ballet de cour with a libretto by Isaac de Benserade and music by Jean de Cambefort, Jean-Baptiste Boësset, Michel Lambert and possibly others, which premiered on February 23, 1653, at the Salle du Petit-Bourbon in Paris. It took 13 hours to perform and debuted fifteen year old Louis XIV as Apollo, the Sun King (Le Roi Soleil).
>It was in part due to the Ballet Royal de la Nuit that Louis XIV came to be known as the Roi Soleil (The Sun King). With the collective civil wars known as the Fronde still fresh in the collective memory, the cardinal Mazarin commissioned a ballet with the aim of displaying the young king's true power, then only 15 years old. For this, he would therefore take on the role of Apollo.
>The work was never again performed after its first performance in 1653. Director of the Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé therefore decided to recreate the ballet after being seduced upon hearing its first air. There remained, however, only the first violin score, the other orchestral voices having been completely lost. The idea was therefore to "respect" the score, to "complete" it and not "transform" it. The current stage production is somewhat different from the original version, highlighting the text's fairytale and enchanting aspects.
>The work was never again performed after its first performance in 1653. Director of the Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé therefore decided to recreate the ballet after being seduced upon hearing its first air. There remained, however, only the first violin score, the other orchestral voices having been completely lost. The idea was therefore to "respect" the score, to "complete" it and not "transform" it. The current stage production is somewhat different from the original version, highlighting the text's fairytale and enchanting aspects.