Pierre Gaultier and the birth of opera in Marseille - Concerto Soave

22 March/18h00 France / Marseille

In 1685, Pierre Gaultier obtained permission from Lully to create the first provincial opera, Le Triomphe de la Paix. From then on, opera became a Marseilles institution, the centre of musical and cultural life for an entire region.

Based on instrumental works by Gaultier, Concerto Soave has built a programme around French opera in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. It includes Lully, of course, but also Campra and Mouret, the great opera composers born in our region.

In partnership with the Musée d'Histoire de Marseille


Concerto Soave
Lise Viricel, soprano
Romain Bockler, baritone
Federica Basilico, Charlotte Gerbitz, violins
Marine Rodallec, cello
Jean-Marc Aymes, harpsichord and conductor 
Pierre Gaultier and the birth of opera in Marseille - Concerto Soave

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