Parmi les œuvres au programme: | ||
Œuvres de Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) | ||
Œuvres de Chevalier de Saint-George, Joseph Bologne (1745-1799) | ||
Œuvres de Grétry, André (1741-1813) |
Académie de l'Opéra national de Paris | |
Kseniia Proshina | Soprano |
Pauline Texier | Soprano |
Fernando Escalona | Contre-ténor |
Tobias Westman | Ténor |
Timothée Varon | Baryton |
Aaron Pendleton | Basse |
Julius Bernad | Violon |
Yoan Brakha | Violon |
Roxanne Rabatti | Violon |
Marie Ducroux | Alto |
Julien Siino | Violoncelle |
Gladys Avignon | Flûte |
Olga Dubynska | Piano |
Félix Ramos | Piano |
Christopher Vazan | Piano |
The artists of the Academy are back on the Garnier’s stage for an exceptional concert gathering some rarely performed pieces by Joseph Bologne de Saint-George, better known as the Chevalier de Saint- George.
An important figure of the court of Louis XVI, Saint-George taught music to Queen Marie-Antoinette (at least, when he wasn’t dueling against the Chevalier d’Eon as a champion fencer). A virtuoso violinist, he composed many Chamber music works and some opéras comique, working with authors such as Choderlos de Laclos.
A potential Director of the Royal Academy of Music, his application was denied by a handful of artists who refused the idea of a man born a slave as their leader. The artists of the Academy pay a tribute to his work and the work of his contemporaries, young Mozart and Gréty.
