The Madame de Maintenon Salon Series
HOSTED ONLINE
Join Opera Lafayette and Artistic Director Ryan Brown, for this two-part online Salon Series about Madame de Maintenon, the last mistress and secret wife of Louis XIV, whose time at Versailles was characterized by private concerts and music of a religious nature. Maintenon is the inspiration for our 2023-24 musical season (get tickets), which is the third and final festival highlighting the relation of historical women in 18th century France to the musical life of their time. Each session of this Salon Series will be led by different guest scholars and speakers, and feature a unique look into her life as well as François Couperin, whom our first performance of the season is dedicated to.
All sessions $18 or $10/session
*There is a small fee associated with each ticket purchase.
“THE SECRET WIFE”: MADAME DE MAINTENON
WITH GUEST SCHOLARS CHRISTINE ADAMS & DON FADER
Wednesday, September 20th, 2023, 6PM EST
Christine Adams will introduce the audience to Madame de Maintenon, her significance, influence, and the general political and cultural trends of the late-reign of Louis XIV, as musicologist, Don Fader, will provide an overview of the musical trends during this time period.
THE HISTORIC MUSICAL CREATIONS
OF FRANÇOIS COUPERIN
WITH GUEST SPEAKERS SARASWATHI SHUKLA & JACOB ASHWORTH
Wednesday, October 4th, 2023, 6PM EST
Further explore the history and influence of François Couperin with musicologist, Saraswathi Shukla, and guest artist, Jacob Ashworth, who will be performing Couperin later in October.