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Charpentier: The Pleasures of Versailles
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Thursday January 13th 2021
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Royal Opera
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8pm | 1h30 without intermission
Cast
Caroline Weynants, Caroline Bardot, Eugénie Lefebvre Sopranos
Blandine de Sansal Mezzo-soprano
Clément Debieuvre, Vojtech Semerad Countertenors
Etienne Bazola, NN Basses
Ensemble Correspondances
Sébastien Daucé Conductor
Presentation
When Louis XIV was in the prime of his life and Versailles in its early days, royal fêtes were the main ornaments of his gardens, and the brilliant entertainments of the French court amazed all of Europe…
These prestigious events hosted much music, not only from Lully: the Molière / Charpentier duo was very prominent during this period. Le Malade imaginaire was thus performed at Versailles in front of the Grotte de Thétis in 1674 during the Royal Fêtes for the conquest of Franche-Comté.
Show moreThe Pleasures of Versailles, a divertissement given for the inauguration of the Versailles Evening Apartments in 1682, depicts the pleasurable activities that took place during these evenings, at the king’s invitation: music, games, conversation… amidst buffets and dances.
Sébastien Daucé and his Ensemble Correspondances, fine specialists in 17th-century French music, bring a flourishing life and splendid colors to The Pleasures of Versailles!
Programme
Excerpts from Le Mariage forcé, Le Sicilien, The Pleasures of Versailles, Le Malade imaginaire
Show moreMarc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)
Le Mariage forcé
Ouverture de La Comtesse d’Escarbagnas
« La, la, la, bonjour »
Le Sicilien
Ouverture
« Beauté dont la rigueur s’acharne sur mon cœur amoureux »
Le Mariage forcé
« Les Grotesques »
« O la belle symphonie »
Les Plaisirs de Versailles
Ouverture
Scène 1 La Musique
Scène 2 La Musique, la Conversation et le Chœur
Scène 3 Un des Plaisirs
Scène 4 Le Jeu et les susdits
Le Malade imaginaire
Intermède des Italiens
Ouverture
Excerpts
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The Royal Opera of the Château de Versailles
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