Programme

Willi m
Christie & Les Arts Florissants

Divines idylles
Grand Auditorium
Sun

  • William Christie conducting.
    ©: Julien Gazeau
  • People singing on a stage.
    ©: Alfonso Salgueiro

What you’ll hear and see

The music

  • Marc-Antoine Charpentier Les Arts florissants La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers

The artists

  • Les Arts Florissants ,
  • William Christie conducting, harpsichord, organ
  • Josipa Bilić dessus
  • Camille Chopin dessus
  • Sarah Fleiss dessus
  • Tanaquil Ollivier dessus
  • Sydney Frodsham bas-dessus
  • Richard Pittsinger haute-contre
  • Bastien Rimondi haute-contre
  • Attila Varga-Tóth taille
  • Olivier Bergeron basse-taille
  • Kevin Arboleda-Oquendo bass
  • Stéphane Facco directing
  • Marie Lambert-Le Bihan directing

H. 488, Act 1: Entrée de nymphes et de bergers désespérés - "Lâche amant" (Orphée)

Where does the famous baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants get its name from?

Look no further: it is simply the title of a piece by the French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier, which you’ll get to hear during this concert. Written during the reign of Louis XIV, aka The Sun King, this opera sounds just as charming as its name and was intended to be «a musical romance». By contrast, the second half of the concert will recount a much more tragic love story: that of the mythological poet Orpheus who undertook a journey to hell in order to save his fiancee from the shackles of death…

Tickets

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  • Cat. III 36 €
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Details

  • Date Sunday 19.10.25
  • Time 19:30
  • Duration 130' including a break
  • Room Grand Auditorium
  • Subscription Voyage dans le temps
How to get here

This concert is part of the subscription: Voyage dans le temps

From Charpentier to Vivaldi and Bach, discover what «orchestra» meant back in the Baroque era!

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