Château de Versailles Spectacles
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesSacrati: La finta pazza - World Premiere Recording / Alarcón, Cappella Mediterranea
14 December 1645: for the pleasure of the Queen Mother Anne of Austria, and attended by a young King Louis XIV, Cardinal...
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesCavalli, Lully et al.: The Royal Wedding of Louis XIV / Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique, Choir of La Tempête
The wedding of Louis XIV with the Infanta of Spain, on 9 June 1660, was an exceptional event, sealing the peace between...
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesMondonville: Grands Motets / Jarry, Marguerite Louise Choir & Orchestra
Mondonville achieved the apotheosis of the Grand Motet à la Française: the fruit of Lalande's rhetorical heritage and Rameau's operatic style, in...
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesRameau: Nouvelle Symphonie / Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski returns with relish to Rameau: the rich colors of the orchestra, the irrepressible dynamics, an exceptional melodic sense make the...
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesVivaldi: 12 Concerti di Parigi / Plewniak, Orchestre de l'Opera Royal de Versailles
Vivaldi's work is extraordinarily profuse, and from his “extraordinary fury of composition” resulted a collection of 12 concertos, preserved in Paris since...
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesVivaldi: La Senna Festeggiante / Fasolis, Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal
A small opera played in the evening as part of a festive event, the Venetian Serenata was performed outdoors as a crowning...
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesRobert: Grand Motets / Schneebeli, Concerto Soave, Les Pages et Les Chantres du CMBV
From 1663 to 1683, Pierre Robert and Henry Dumont were the official composers of the Royal Chapel of Louis XIV, in charge...
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesJean-Baptiste: Cadmus & Hermione
An ancient hero, a dragon, a young goddess: love and glory are at the heart of Lully's first opera, first performed in...
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesHandel: Messiah / Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel
The resounding success Handel’s Messiah encountered the first time it was presented in Dublin in 1742 set the scene for its future....
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesZingarelli: Giulietta e Romeo / Fagioli, Charvet, Plewniak, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal
Napoleon was intensely enthusiastic about opera. The conquering music lover called for the young Italian star, the contralto Giuseppina Grassini, and the...
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesVivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni / Gabetta, Orchestre de l’Opéra Royal
What if Vivaldi’s famous Quattro Stagioni, performed in Paris in 1728, had been preceded by those of Guido, the star violinist of...
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesRameau: Rameau Triomphant / Vidal, Jarry, Ensemble Marguerite Louise
Master of 18th century French opera, Rameau wrote for the stage for three decades (1733-1764). His thirty or so operatic works give...
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesSainte-Colombe, Marais: À Deux Violes Esgales / Rignol, Vialle
Two viola da gamba players, two inspired soloists, two major composers of the century of Louis XIV: Marais and Sainte Colombe. What...
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesRameau: Les Indes Galantes / Tournet, La Chapelle Harmonique Orchestra
With the creation of his masterpiece Les Indes galantes in 1735, Rameau renewed the genre of opera-ballet with the presentation of separate...
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Château de Versailles SpectaclesCouperin: Leçons de ténèbres / Junker, Valiquette, Fuget, Royal Opera Orchestra
The most famous ‘Lecons de Tenebres’ are those of Francois Couperin, dating from 1714. At the end of the rein of Louis...

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