LES PLAISIRS DE VERSAILLES
Chamber opera by the French Baroque composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier
In collaboration with the Moores School of Music Collegium Musicum
Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 4 pm and 6 pm.
Rienzi Center for European Decorative Arts
1406 Kirby Drive
Houston, TX 77019-1412
For tickets, please call Rienzi at: 713-639-7800
Admission: $20
Wine and chocolate reception will follow the performance
Written in 1682 for performance in the private apartments of Louis XIV at Versailles, this delightful short opera celebrates the various pleasures enjoyed at the French Baroque court via characters who represent Music, Conversation, Gambling, Feasting and Pleasure.
Ars Lyrica performance features a full cast of soloists plus a small chorus and instrumental ensemble, with elaborate period costumes and set pieces. Houston Grand Opera’s Tara Faircloth directs the production, which gives a glimpse of the sumptuous elegance of courtly life in Versailles.
To further indulge in the senses of the day, a wine and chocolate reception will follow the performance at Rienzi.
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 12 p.m.
« Les Plaisirs de Versailles » at Rice
Shepherd School of Music
Edythe Bates Old Recital Hall and Grand Organ - Alice Pratt Brown Hall
Rice University
6100 Main St
This performance is presented as part of the 18th Annual Meeting of the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music hosted by Rice University and The Shepherd School of Music.
For tickets, please call Shepherd School of Music at: 713-348-8000
Admission (general seating): $10; students and senior citizens: $5
SPRINGTIME IN PARIS
Saturday, March 20, 2010 at
7:30 p.m.
Zilkha Hall Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
800 Bagby St
The earthiness of the Baroque oboe and the sweetness of the Baroque violin evoke the soft breezes and fragrant blossoms of a French garden in spring. Transport yourself to Paris with this concert of French Baroque chamber works for voices and instruments. Virtuoso oboist Kathryn Montoya returns to perform with the ensemble, joined by two internationally-renowned stars of the early music scene: violinist Marc Destrube and mezzo-soprano Jennifer Lane.
LULLY Trios pour le coucher du Roy
LE CAMUS Airs de cours
COUPERIN Selections from Les Nations and the 24e Ordre
MONTÉCLAIR Pan et Sirinx
Please reserve your tickets by calling the Hobby Center Box Office at 713.315.2525 or ONLINE
Admission: $ 41.25, $36.25, $31.25
20% off with the promotional code: TFAA