Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles | News Music & Opera https://actualites.music-opera.com/en/tag/centre-de-musique-baroque-de-versailles Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:19:08 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Hervé Niquet Spends Valentine’s Day with Persée https://actualites.music-opera.com/en/herve-niquet-spends-valentines-day-with-persee Mon, 03 Feb 2025 09:40:05 +0000 https://actualites.music-opera.com/?p=16027 Launched in 2022 with Ariane et Bacchus by Marin Marais, the cycle of Baroque operas presented by Hervé Niquet and the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées will come to an end on February 14, 2025. Following Médée by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Iphigénie en Tauride by Henri Desmarest and André […]

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]]> Launched in 2022 with Ariane et Bacchus by Marin Marais, the cycle of Baroque operas presented by Hervé Niquet and the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées will come to an end on February 14, 2025.

Following Médée by Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Iphigénie en Tauride by Henri Desmarest and André Campra, a flamboyant Persée by Lully will conclude this Baroque tetralogy in Niquet’s rendition. The joint residency of Le Concert Spirituel and the CMBV at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées also comes to a close on Valentine’s evening, although the love story continues as all the operas have been recorded and released under the Alpha Classics label.

For those eager to discover rare gems or revisit cornerstone works of the repertoire, such as this mature Persée by Lully, the stage will feature Mathias Vidal, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Michèle Losier, Déborah Cachet, as well as the Pages and Chantres of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, always impeccably prepared by Fabien Armengaud.

 

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Hervé Niquet – c – Henri Buffetaut

 

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]]> Rameau from Versailles, Namur and Bruges https://actualites.music-opera.com/en/rameau-versailles Tue, 22 Oct 2024 07:45:53 +0000 https://actualites.music-opera.com/?p=15360 Reinoud Van Mechelen and his ensemble a nocte temporis have already demonstrated their affinity with the repertoire of Rameau. A new project brings them closer once again to the great French composer of the 17th century with the famous Pygmalion, a one-act ballet created in 1748. In collaboration with the Centre de Musique Baroque de […]

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]]> Reinoud Van Mechelen and his ensemble a nocte temporis have already demonstrated their affinity with the repertoire of Rameau. A new project brings them closer once again to the great French composer of the 17th century with the famous Pygmalion, a one-act ballet created in 1748. In collaboration with the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles and the Grand Manège in Namur, they present a historically informed version, benefiting from the work of musicologists on the art of singing and orchestral practices of the time.

But that’s not all! During the three performances given in Namur (Grand Manège, on November 28, 2024), Bruges (Concertgebouw Brugge, on November 29), and finally in the Salon d’Hercule of the Château de Versailles (on December 2), another work is on the program: Zémide by Iso. Created in 1756, this piece did not establish a lasting place in the repertoire, even though it represents the aesthetic of Louis XV‘s reign and also the influence of his favorite, the Marquise de Pompadour. For this rediscovery, Benoît Dratwicki (artistic director of the CMBV) has recomposed missing parts.

 

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Château de Versailles et portrait de Jean-Philippe Rameau © POI – Getty

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