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Singing and playing ‘Italian style’: techniques, practices and discourse on voice and body in France from the 17th to the 19th centuries 1
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Singing and playing ‘Italian style’: techniques, practices and discourse on voice and body in France from the 17th to the 19th centuries

Versailles

Dive into how Italian vocal styles seduced French ears across three centuries. This free symposium at the historic Opéra-Comique brings together scholars and performers to explore voice, technique, and the cultural politics of musical taste.

Academic symposium
Music history
Vocal performance studies
Italian-French musical exchange

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🏛️unjustly overlooked, very beautiful venue
🎓scholars, performers & musicologists welcome
🎵covers voice, instruments & reception history

hôtel des Menus Plaisirs

22 Av. de Paris, 78000 Versailles, France

Free

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