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| Composer | Charpentier, Marc-Antoine (1643-1704) |
| Period | Baroque |
| Year | 1686 |
| Work type | Opera / Oratorio |
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TurinLes Arts florissants / La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers
Charpentier
William Christie; Marie Lambert-Le Bihan; Stéphane Facco; Martin Chaix; Eleanor Freeman
MilanLes Arts florissants / La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers
Charpentier
William Christie; Marie Lambert-Le Bihan; Stéphane Facco; Martin Chaix; Eleanor Freeman
AmbronayLes Arts florissants / La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers
Charpentier
William Christie; Marie Lambert-Le Bihan; Stéphane Facco; Martin Chaix; Eleanor Freeman
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Les Arts Florissants provide a stylish opening to Toronto Summer Music
Excellent use of movement and dance enhances stylish music-making in Toronto Summer Music’s opening night Charpentier double bill.
Delicious downtime with the Duchess: La descente d’Orphée aux enfers with the Early Opera Company
Closing your eyes while listening, you could easily imagine yourself in a gilt-edged salon, with Her Highness Mademoiselle Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise, peer of France, princess of Joinville, hereditary seneschal of Champagne herself sitting not far from you, enjoying and approving every lovely note.
French Baroque Magic at the Haymarket Opera
Orpheus and Euridice – A timeless Greek myth forever ingrained into the classical music repertoire. Since the very beginnings of operatic history, this heartbreaking and beautiful tale has endured numerous adaptions.