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Pyrrhus

Joseph-Nicolas Pancrace Royer Opera

Chorus et Orchestra Les Enfants d’Apollon

Michael Greenberg Conductor
Lisa Goode Crawford Artistic director

Emmanuelle de Negri Polixène (Dessus), Guillemette Laurens Eriphile (Dessus), Jeffrey Thompson Acamas (Counter tenor), Alain Buet Pyrrhus (Basse)

A native of Turin who later became a naturalised Frenchman, Pancrace Royer is responsible for the musical education of the Dauphin. He composed several heroic ballets, but above all the lyrical tragedy, Pyrrhus, was the first major piece he composed, in 1730, at the Royal Academy of Music.

Sunday 16 September 2012 - 4 p.m.

Hall of Crusades
Time : 2:40 including intermission

Casting and booking

CYCLE FRENCH OPERA DURING THE ENLIGHTENMENT : Renaud or la suite d'Armide

Antonio Sacchini Opera

The Cantors of the Baroque Music Centre of Versailles
Les Talens Lyriques

Olivier Schneebeli Artistic direction
Christophe Rousset Direction

Julien Dran Renaud, Marie-Claude Chappuis Armide, Julie Fuchs Mélise, Katia Velletaz Doris, Li-Chin Huang Antiope, Jennifer Borghi Iphise, Cyrille Dubois Tisiphone, Pascal Bourgeois Alecton, Jean-Sébastien Bou Hidraot, Edwin Crossley-Mercer Adraste, Pierrick Boisseau Mégère.

Sacchini made his Parisian début with Renaud. Criticism from supporters of Gluck and Piccinni, his rivals, flew from all sides. And yet, Renaud was a success. Sacchini became the new favourite of Marie-Antoinette and, encouraged by the public who viewed him as one of the best composers of the time, added several other masterpiece.

Co-production : CMBV, Palazzetto Bru Zane Co-production
Partnership : Arsenal of Metz
Co-produced : CMBV, CVS, Palazzetto Bru Zane

Friday 19 October 2012 - 8 p.m.

Royal Opera of Versailles
Time : 2:00 including intermission

Casting and booking

CYCLEFRENCH OPERA DURING THE ENLIGHTENMENT : Theseus

Gossec Opera

Chambre de Namur choir
Les Agrémens

Guy Van Waas Conductor

Virginie Pochon Egle, Jennifer Borghi Medea, Frédéric Antoun Theseus, Tassis Christoyannis Aegeus, Katia Velletaz Minerva, Mélodie Ruvio Cleone

With this tragedy, Gossec composed one of the most amazing operas of the final years of the Ancien Régime. Scenes of battle, religious processions and diabolical invocations form the grandiose decorum of the wrongdoings of Medea, whose imprecations and evil spells accentuated by trombones and timpani do not succeed in separating Theseus from his beloved princess.

Co-production: A CMBV, Palazzetto Bru Zane,Vocal Art and Ancient Music Centre of Namur
Partnership: Royal Opera of Wallonia, Philharmonic Centre of Liège
Co-produced: CMBV, CVS, Palazzetto Bru Zane

Tuesday 13 November 2012 - 20 p.m.

Royal Opera of Versailles
Time : 2:00 including intermission

Casting and booking

Hippolytus and Aricia

Rameau Opera

The Pygmalion Ensemble

Raphael Pichon Conductor

Allan Clayton, Gaëlle Arquez, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Maria-Riccarda Wesseling, Anna Reinhold, Francisco Fernandez-Rueda

In 1733, Rameau's first opera suddenly transformed the French musical scene with its exceptional orchestration, the melodic invention of each minute, and the magnificence of the voices. A musical revolution took place in this lyrical tragedy. Raphaël Pichon is tackling Hippolyte et Aricieto restore the palette of colours and irresistible energies of the greatest French composer of the 18th century.

Wednesday 13 February 2013 - 8 p.m.

Royal Opera of Versailles

Casting and booking