Part of our Opéra-ballet Salon Series (more below), this session features a discussion about the Rococo as an eighteenth-century mode that encompassed the visual arts, material culture, fashion and music, providing context for Rameau’s Opéra-ballets, and include some discussion of the culture of the opera-comique, the ballet, and its generative qualities.
ABOUT THE FULL SALON SERIES
In preparation for our performance of Opéra-ballet: Rameau’s Io and de La Garde’s Léandre et Héro (coming to Washington, DC May 2 & 3, 2023 and NY on May 9, 2023), Opera Lafayette and guest scholars will be hosting a Salon Series for three weeks in March, on Wednesdays the 1st, 15th, and 29th at 6 PM EST. Join us as we delve further into the Rococo influences of Madame de Pompadour, who is the inspiration for our 2023 musical season (get tickets). Each session of this Salon Series will feature a unique look into our upcoming production.
Photo in Header: Fabiola Jean-Louis, Marie Antoinette Is Dead, From the Rewriting History series, Archival pigment print, unframed, 24in x 31in, © image: Artist Website.