not worthy of such a great honour and asks for the gods to transform it into the Temple of Happiness for all the world instead. Recordings Audio Le temple de la Gloire (1745 version), Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale, conducted by Nicholas McGegan (2 CDs, PBP, 2018) Le temple de la Gloire (1746 version), Choeur de Chambre de Namur, Les Agrémens, conducted by Guy Van Waas (2 CDs, Ricercar, 2015) Le temple de la Gloire (1746 version), La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy, conducted by Jean-Claude Malgoire (2 LPs, CBS, 1982) References Sources Original libretto : Le Temple de la Gloire, Feste donnée à Versailles, le 27 Novembre 1745, Paris, Ballard, 1745 (accessible for free online at Gallica - B.N.F.) Period manuscript score: Le Temple de la Gloire, Opéra de M De Voltaire; mis en musique par M Rameau (...), kept at and digitized by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (accessible for free online at Gallica - B.N.F.) Girdlestone, Cuthbert, Jean-Philippe Rameau: His Life and Work Dover paperback edition, 1969 Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. Sadler, Graham, The New Grove French Baroque Masters Grove/Macmillan, 1988 Rameau Le Site Operas French-language operas Operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau 1745 operas Opéras-ballets Ballets by Jean-Philippe Rameau Operas based on works by Voltaire