This work tells the love story between Fatime, accused of murdering her father, and the king’s son Ramire, who is in love with her and frees her from the captivity of his father Alphonse, the King of Castile.

This opera in the form of a one-act ballet was only performed once on 22 December 1745 in Versailles and is one of Rameau's lesser-known works. It has only been performed again in the recent past.

The commission for “Les Fêtes de Ramire” did not go to Rameau himself, but to Jean-Jacqu...