Educational TalkThe continuo in French Opera (1669-1791): sources and practices (II)
Mar. 8 & Mar. 9
Versailles
🏛️"unjustly overlooked, it's very beautiful" (Google review)
🎼Work with copies of surviving period scores
📋Professionals only, booking required
The continuo is the engine room of French baroque opera, and this two-day symposium pops the hood. Musicologists and performers trade papers, debate, and test ideas on copies of original period scores.
Scholarly symposium
Baroque opera
Hands-on sessions
Period instruments
Monday, March 8
Educational TalkThe continuo in French Opera (1669-1791): sources and practices (II)
Mar. 8 & Mar. 9
Versailles
🏛️"unjustly overlooked, it's very beautiful" (Google review)
🎼Work with copies of surviving period scores
📋Professionals only, booking required
The continuo is the engine room of French baroque opera, and this two-day symposium pops the hood. Musicologists and performers trade papers, debate, and test ideas on copies of original period scores.
Scholarly symposium
Baroque opera
Hands-on sessions
Period instruments