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Pigmalion (opera)
For the opera by Georg Benda see Pygmalion (opera)
Pigmalion is an opera in the form of a one-act acte de ballet by Jean-Philippe Rameau first performed on 27 August 1748 at the Opéra in Paris. The libretto is by Ballot de Sauvot. The work has generally been regarded as the best of Rameau's one-act pieces. He was said to have composed the work in eight days.