"LES PLAISIRS DE VERSAILLES"

chamber opera by  Marc-Antoine Charpentier

Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 4pm
Rienzi Center for  European Decorative Arts
406 Kirby Drive
Houston, TX 77019-1412

For tickets, please call Rienzi at: 713-639-7800
Admission: $20
Wine and chocolate reception will follow the performance

There are only 70 seats available for this performance, please reserve your tickets early

Written in 1682 for performance in the private apartments of Louis XIV at Versailles, this delightful short opera celebrates the various pleasures enjoyed at the French Baroque court via characters who represent Music, Conversation, Gambling, Feasting and Pleasure. Our performance features a full cast of soloists plus a small chorus and instrumental ensemble, with costumes and set pieces. Houston Grand Opera'sTara Faircloth directs the production, which gives a glimpse of the sumptuous elegance of courtly life in Versailles.  To further indulge in the senses of the day, a wine and chocolate reception will follow the performance.
Presented in collaboration with the Moores School of Music Collegium Musicum.

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