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Les sauvages, or, The Savages
The final tableaux of Rameau's Les Indes Galantes
Inspired by a performance given by two Native Americans in Paris in 1725, Les Sauvages became one of Rameau’s most popular works, with his dance of the savages being described as a piece ‘which everybody knows’. Set in an idyllic, pre-colonial North America and pitting devious French and Spanish explorers against a Native American vying for the hand of an American Princess, it poses the question: who is the savage?
As ever, a bar selling wine, soft drinks and Holy Trinity's famous home-infused gins will be open from 7pm.
This concert will finish at 9:10pm.
Sat, 20 Jun 2026
Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe
7:30pm
£2 - £10
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Musica Antica performs Jean-Philippe Rameau's Les Sauvages (1736) alongside arias from his other works of the stage and chamber music by his contemporaries.
Inspired by a performance given by two Native Americans in Paris in 1725, Les Sauvages became one of Rameau’s most popular works, with his dance of the savages being described as a piece ‘which everybody knows’. Set in an idyllic, pre-colonial North America and pitting devious French and Spanish explorers against a Native American vying for the hand of an American Princess, it poses the question: who is the savage?
As ever, a bar selling wine, soft drinks and Holy Trinity's famous home-infused gins will be open from 7pm.
This concert will finish at 9:10pm.
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Location
Holy Trinity Church, Rotherhithe
Bryan Road, Rotherhithe, London, SE16 5HF
