Les Talens Lyriques – Music in Versailles – November 20, 2024 LiveEvents November 11, 2024 218 Bourgie Hall presents Les Talens Lyriques – Music in Versailles Les Talens Lyriques and French mezzo-soprano Ambroisine Bré open the doors of Versailles in the 17th and 18th centuries with a musical banquet of all the trending genres of the times: ballet, tragédie lyrique, airs de cour, and cantatas. Artists Les Talens Lyriques Championing a broad vocal and instrumental repertoire, ranging from early Baroque to the beginnings of Romanticism, the musicians of Les Talens Lyriques aim to throw light on the great masterpieces of musical history, while providing perspective by presenting rarer or little known works that are important as missing links in the European musical heritage. This musicological and editorial work, which contributes to its renown, is a priority for the ensemble. Christophe Rousset, harpsichord and director His studies (harpsichord) with Huguette Dreyfus at the Schola Cantorum in Paris, then with Bob van Asperen at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague (winning the coveted First Prize in the Seventh Bruges International Harpsichord Competition at the age of twenty-two), followed by the creation of his own ensemble, Les Talens Lyriques, in 1991, have enabled Christophe Rousset to obtain a perfect grasp of the richness and diversity of the Baroque, Classical and pre-Romantic repertoires. Ambroisine Bré, mezzo-soprano French mezzo-soprano Ambroisine Bré started singing at a young age, joining Yves Sotin’s class at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris in 2013. She has attended masterclasses with Michel Plasson, Sophie Koch, José Van Dam, Teresa Berganza, Anne le Bozec, Jeff Cohen, Susan Manoff, Felicity Lott , Dietrich Henschel and Christoph Pregardien, Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier.Ms Bré has won several awards, including 1st Prize, Audience Prize and the Deutsche Gramophone Prize at the Paris Opera Competition, 1st Duo Prize at the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Competition in 2017, with the pianist Qiaochu Li, and 3rd Prize at the 2019 Portofino International Opera Competition. She is a laureate of the Royaumont Foundation, was named a ‘Revelation Classique’ at the Adami Media Prize 2017 and nominated as ‘Révélation Lyrique’ at the Victoires de la Musique Classique 2019. Program COUPERIN Trio sonata La Steinkerque MONTÉCLAIR Cantata La Bergère Cantata Le retour de la Paix LAMBERT Airs de cour: “Iris n’est plus” “Jugez de ma douleur” “Rochers vous êtes sourds” “Vous ne sauriez mes yeux” LULLY Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV 43 (1670) Ritournelle italienne “Di rigori armata il seno” (an Italian musician, Act V, 4th entrée) Isis, LWV 54 “Terminez mes tourments” Italian Aria “Scocca pur tutti tuoi strali”, LWV 76/3 Ballet royal des Amours déguisés, LWV 21 Armide’s Italian air “Ah Rinaldo! dove sei?” (8th entrée) Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 7:30pm To purchase your tickets, visit: www.mbam.qc.ca/en/bourgie-hall/
