Festival de Beaune
The Festival de Beaune: Festival international d’opéra baroque is a month-long annual summer festival of baroque opera in Beaune, France. It is notable for revivals of many baroque operas and performances of Mozart on original instruments.
- To be distinguished from Beaune International Thriller Film Festival.
More recently the town has also become host, in a different week, to the Festival international du film policier de Beaune - a festival of detective films.
Founded in 1982, the Baroque Music Festival of Beaune has presented over 80 operas, over 30 of them significant revivals and world, European or French premières; over 100 oratorio and sacred music concerts, including 5 revivals or premières. In addition to recitals by individual performers. The festival also runs classes and voice workshops, the Académie de Chant baroque.[1]
Venue
The concerts take place in the Hospices de Beaune, 15th century, and in the Collégiale Notre-Dame de Beaune, 12th century, over four weekends in July.
Notable opera revivals
The following includes only major revivals and premières:
George Frideric Handel: Flavio. dir. René Jacobs
George Frideric Handel: Scipione. dir. Christophe Rousset
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References
External links
- (in French) Official website