Organization

Conductor

Matthew Dirst

Stage director

Tara Faircloth

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

llie Jarrett Shattles

Conversation

Megan Stapleton

La Musique

Alexander Scheuermann

Le Jeu

Tony Boutté

Un des Plaisirs

Mark Diamond

Comus

Sarah Brindley

Soloists

Stacey Franklin

Brian Shircliffe

Orchestra

Ars Lyrica Houston

Les plaisirs de Versailles -  (The Pleasures of Versailles)

Houston

United States

Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

Zilkha Hall

Les Plaisirs de Versailles

Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s witty chamber opera Les Plaisirs de Versailles—an ode to both wine and chocolate—plus chamber works by François Couperin and Joseph Bodin de Boismortier.

Read the Full Detailed Program at www.arslyricahouston.org/s/AL-Les-Plaisirs-program-FINAL.pdf

Learn More about Tonight's Program and the Artists at www.arslyricahouston.org/les-plaisirs-de-versailles

Les plaisirs de Versailles Charpentier,M

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The Pleasures of Versailles

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Ars Lyrica’s 2016/17 season opens with a trip to Versailles, where French kings and their courtiers cultivated pleasures of all kinds, including musical follies. Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s witty chamber opera pairs nicely with motets, drinking songs, and chamber works by François Couperin & Jean-Philippe Rameau, for a sumptuous and quintessentially French musical feast. Unusually for its era, Les Plaisirs de Versailles is a comedy—and an ode to both wine and chocolate!

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The Pleasures of Versailles by Charpentier, M., From (2016/2016), Directed by Tara Faircloth,, Conductor Matthew Dirst, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston, United States

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