Jephté and Dido and Aeneas (Concert Performance)

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France

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7:30 PM

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Important Info

Type: Classical Concert

City: Paris, France

Starts at: 19:30

Duration: 1h 30min

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Programme

Giacomo Carissimi: Historia di Jephte, Oratorio

Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626

Overview

Joyce DiDonato, Andrew Staples and Maxim Emelyanychev invite us to a rare little English baroque gem.

The programme for this evening is based around two baroque masterpieces. The first is a little gem from the English repertoire and the second is a rare Italian work. Dido is a chamber opera blending tragedy and comedy in an extremely subtle storyline. It is condensed into one hour, but this in no way detracts from the dramatic tension which culminates in Dido’s final lament. With Jepthté, we move away from Virgil and Purcell’s Æneas in favour of a biblical story which inspired a number of composers, notably Handel. Carissimi brings intense expressivity and dramatic effectiveness to bear in the Italian manner. Carissimi, about whom we know very little, was a protégé of several major church figures, and of Christina, Queen of Sweden in particular, for whom he wrote several secular works. We know that he was prolific, but much of his work was destroyed. A dozen Masses, over two hundred motets and about one hundred and thirty cantatas have survived. Joyce DiDonato and Andrew Staples will bring emotional depth to these two short but sublime works.

Production Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

Venue Info

Théâtre des Champs-Elysées - Paris
15 Avenue Montaigne

The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées is an entertainment venue situated near Avenue des Champs-Élysées, from which it takes its name. Its eponymous main hall may seat up to 1,905 people.

Commissioned by impresario Gabriel Astruc, the theatre was built from 1911 to 1913 upon the designs of brothers Auguste Perret and Gustave Perret following a scheme by Henry van de Velde, and became the first example of Art Deco architecture in the city. Less than two months after its inauguration, the Théâtre hosted the world premiere of the Ballets Russes' Rite of Spring, which provoked one of the most famous classical music riots.

At present, the theatre shows about three staged opera productions a year, mostly baroque or chamber works more suited to the modest size of its stage and orchestra pit. It also houses an important concert season. It is the home venue of the Orchestre National de France and the Orchestre Lamoureux and serves as a French base for the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra as well.

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées and Ensemble orchestral de Paris play most of their concerts here too, along with other dance, chamber music, recital, and pop events.

Important Info

Type: Classical Concert

City: Paris, France

Starts at: 19:30

Duration: 1h 30min

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