Félicien David is one of those composers remained famous (in the eyes of the specialists) for an opera... that has never been represented. David is a man of 'The Desert ', the ode-symphony that started - as they say - the fashion of Orientalism in music, exactly in 1844, the year of his first triumph at the Théâtre - Italien de Paris. The opinion is reductive for two reasons: first of all, because it does not take into account many other operas that, since the end of the eighteenth century, had revived a taste for the picturesque of the French audience (from 'Les Indes galantes' by Rameau, to 'La Caravane du Caire' by Grétry, until 'Les Bayadères' by Catel). Secondly, because David, far from being relegated to mere talent for the local colour, has left other operas of great musical interest. The composer must thank in particular to the opéra-comique 'Lalla-Roukh' (1862) a success that he himself did not believe it would be possible. This work begins the renewal of French opera, that gives up the success of Meyerbeer to open to a meditative and poetic lyricism. 'Faust' by Gounod and 'Les Pêcheurs de perles' by Bizet are sharers in this same creative impulse. As for the rest, David distributes his roles to high tenors and lighter sopranos, more suitable for him to paint the subtle nuances of melancholy and despair.
Programme notes
Programme:
5th April 2014 8:00 pm
'Le Saphir' - Three-act Opéra comique in concerto form
Music by: Félicien David
Performers: Gabrielle Philiponet, Hermine - Katia Velletaz, Fiammetta - Marie Lenormand, Olivier - Marie Kalinine, La regina, Lucrezia - Cyrille Dubois, Gaston - Julien Véronèse, Parole - I solisti de Le Cercle de l’Harmonie - Julien Chauvin, violin and conductor
Where: Venice, Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista, Calle de la Laca, 2454
6th April 2014 5:00 pm
Panorama
Music by: Félicien David, René Lenormand, Hector Berlioz
Performers: Trio Chausson
Where: Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane, San Polo, 2368
8th April 2014 6:00 pm
The exoticism in the nineteenth Century
Conference by: Adriana Guarnieri
Where: Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane, San Polo, 2368
12th April 2014 5:00 pm
Daydream
Music by: Félicien David, Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, Jules Massenet / Camille Saint-Saëns, Richard Wagner / Franz Liszt
Performer: Jonas Vitaud, piano
Where: Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane, San Polo, 2368
13th April 2014 4:00 pm
Concerto for families
Music by: Félicien David, Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy
Performer: Jonas Vitaud, piano
Where: Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane, San Polo, 2368
17th April 2014 8:00 pm
The four seasons
Music by: Félicien David, George Onslow
Performer: Opus V
Where: Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane, San Polo, 2368
26th April 2014 5:00 pm
In the Salons of the Second Empire
Music by: Félicien David, Charles Gounod, Hector Berlioz, Gaetano Donizetti
Performers: Olivia Doray, sopran - Philippe-Nicolas Martin, baritone - Jeff Cohen, piano
Where: Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane, San Polo, 2368
8th May 2014 8:00 pm
Quartets from the Restoration to the Second Empire
Music by: Félicien David, Antonin Reicha, Louis-Emmanuel Jadin
Performers: Quatuor Mosaïques
Where: Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane, San Polo, 2368
11th May 2014 5:00 pm
La nuit
Music by: Félicien David, Théodore Dubois
Performers: Quatuor Giardini
Where: Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane, San Polo, 2368
17th May 2014 5:00 pm
Quartets
Music by: Félicien David
Performers: Quatuor Cambini-Paris
Where: Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane, San Polo, 2368
21st June 2014 6:00 - 10:00 pm
Art night: Concertos and guided tours
Music by: Reynaldo Hahn, Benjamin Godard
Performers: Alessandro Deljavan, piano
Where: Venice, Palazzetto Bru Zane, San Polo, 2368
Tickets: full € 15, reduced € 5 (Palazzetto Bru Zane) - full € 20, reduced € 5 (Scuola Grande San Giovanni Evangelista) - Reduced ticket only for students and young people under the age of 28
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