Divine poems of pain
Madame Chrysanthème
From chrysanthemums to butterflies, the geisha has always fascinated writers, poets and musicians. The great composer Giacomo Puccini was fascinated by Pierre Loti’s novel Madame Chrysanthème, and brought the unforgettable […]
Suzanne’s Wedding
Figaro wishes to marry Suzanne. Danger lurks around her. As much and perhaps more than her lover, the young woman uses her talent to defend her cause and that of […]
Music for a while
Feelings and torments, who could evoke them better than Henry Purcell?Passions and storms, who better to describe them than William Shakespeare? These two artists placed their genius at the service […]
The Human Voice
“The most beautiful music is to be found in the silences” are words that are readily attributed to Mozart. These silences inspired many composers, such as Debussy, who prized mystery […]
The Four Seasons
Antonio Vivaldi’s Four Seasons are the first four concertos to open the collection of twelve violin concertos composed between 1723 and 1725 entitled Il cimento dell’armonia e dell’inventione (The confrontation […]
Paris 1750, Fragments
In Paris, at the dawn of the 18th century, the Concert spirituel was created by the oboist Anne Danican Philidor.During the Parisian musical evenings of the Concert spirituel in 1750, […]
Sacrés Caractères! 400 years with Molière
To be a Don Juan, a Harpagon, a Tartuffe, a Misanthrope, a Malade imaginaire… all these characters have become symbols in our every day language. And it is easy to […]
Don Juan – Gluck – Mozart
C. W. von Gluck – W. A. Mozart It is not a play, it is not an opera, it is not a symphonic poem, it is a “ballet of action”.Combining […]
Nigra Sum
“Nigra Sum sed formosa” (I am black and I am beautiful) is a meeting between earthly and heavenly, gravity and elevation, past and present. Taken from the Song of Songs, […]
