Rousset Christophe © Nathanael Mergui
Resonanzen-Kolloquium: Christophe Rousset
»Fortwährendes Gebell«?
Sunday
21
January
2024
11:00
Großer Saal
Performers
Christophe Rousset, Cembalo, Gespräch
Céline Scheen, Sopran
Peter Reichelt, Gespräch
Programme
»Fortwährendes Gebell«? Ein Ausflug in die Welt der französischen Barockoper
Note
Freie Platzwahl
Festival
Resonanzen »Die Planeten«
Presented by
Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft
An excursion into the world of French Baroque opera
In the second half of the 18th century, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the fiercest critics of French opera of the Ancien Régime, which he wished to hell along with the French language. »Un aboiement continuel« (»a perpetual barking«) was this language and totally unsuitable for music. Today, the operas of Lully, Rameau & Co. are beyond reproach, are rightly regarded as masterpieces and hold their own on the world's stages. Nevertheless, French baroque opera has many peculiarities that still cause confusion today. Starting with the five-part string section and its designations through to its idiosyncratic recitative and aria forms. Christophe Rousset, one of the most renowned experts in the field, will shed some light on the subject at this colloquium.