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Neapolitan Christmas

Chapelle de la Trinité29-31 rue de la Bourse, Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 69002, France
Dates/times in Paris time zone
Wednesday 17 December 202520:00
Performers
Le Concert de l'Hostel Dieu
Franck-Emmanuel ComteHarpsichord, Conductor
Heather NewhouseSoprano
Vincent Beer-DemanderMandolin
Florian VerhaegenViolin
Véronique BouilloudViolin
Aurélie MétivierViola
Aude Walker-ViryCello
Albane ImbsTheorbo, Guitar
Nicolas JanotDouble Bass

In Baroque Naples, Christmas is an occasion for intense musical festivities. Traditional songs, tarantellas, and arias inspired by opera blend together in a surprising artistic syncretism.

A highlight of the religious calendar, it is also an opportunity for Neapolitans to express a certain paganism with a particular sense of theatricality. This taste for the staging of Christmas stories, for the mystery of the nativity, and for lyrical art merges and expresses both adoration for Jesus and the irrepressible desire to dance and celebrate.

Through a program of baroque arias and concertos, popular Christmas carols and tarantellas, we propose to share this musical fervor for the duration of an exceptional evening.

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