The vengeful gods of ancient Greece devised devilishly clever punishments. The hunter Actaeon found that out when he glimpsed Artemis bathing in a pool. The goddess, her chastity offended, transformed ...
Avec Les Plaisirs de Versailles et Actéon, la Cappella Genevensis et Diletto Musicale interprètent, dans le cadre magnifique du Musée Ariana, ces deux oeuvres de Marc-Antoine Charpentier, pleines de ...
Publié: 7 Mars 2013 à 02h04 Temps de lecture: 2 min Partage : Il a raison, le pauvre Actéon : en vérité, c'est bien la déesse de la chasse qu'il surprend alors qu'elle se baignait dans l'onde d'un ...
Even amid the pomp and splendor of the 17th century, there was a parallel operatic tradition of intimate dramatic works created at a smaller dimension. All the standard lineaments were in place — love ...
Near contemporaries, Charpentier and Purcell have both come to typify the 17th-century styles of their two nations. Yet – as is so often the case with English music – Purcell’s national idiom is ...
Roy Thomson Hall was full of supernatural doings on Sunday, and not just because of the gods and witches active in the two short operas presented by Les Arts Florissants. The French period-instrument ...