Staying true to the vision of Anne Blanchard and the late Kader Hassissi, the festival’s new artistic director, Maximilien Hondemarck, has unveiled a program where regular attendees will once again find the great names of Baroque music among the prestigious guests.

Operas, oratorios, recitals, and sacred music follow one another over four festival weekends, set as always in the enchanting Hospices but also in Beaune’s most beautiful venues, which open their doors to music especially for the occasion.

Each weekend is centered around a period, a composer, or a theme—such as Music in the Time of Louis XIV. Three great composers are particularly celebrated: Alessandro Scarlatti, in honor of the 300th anniversary of his death, as well as Jean-Philippe Rameau and the ever-iconic Georg Friedrich Handel. With Bach also in the spotlight, leading artists have answered the call of Burgundy and its music, including conductors Christophe Rousset, Vincent Dumestre, and Thibault Noally, alongside singers Véronique Gens, Ambroisine Bré, Victoire Bunel, Camille Chopin, Marie Perbost, Marie Lys, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Laurence Kilsby, and many, many more!

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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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