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© Opera Royal
Fauré : Requiem
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October 2024 | ||||||
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This concert is dedicated to the memory of Joëlle Broguet, founding member of ADOR – les Amis de l’Opéra Royal.
For the 100th anniversary of Gabriel Fauré’s death
VIP CATEGORY: Best seats in house with complimentary glass of champagne and programme.
PRESTIGE CATEGORY: Excellent seats with complimentary glass of champagne and programme.
Program and cast
First part: 40min
Intermission
Second part: 55min
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868):
A few bars of funeral music for my poor friend Meyerbeer
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Gesang der Geister über den Wassern
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Vier Gesänge, op. 17
Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901):
Abendlied
Intermission
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924):
Requiem (version of 1893)
Cantique by Jean Racine
Johannes Brahms:
Geistliches Lied, op. 30
CAST
Isaure Brunner: Soprano
Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin: Baritone
Chœur de l’Opera Royal
Orchestre de l’Opera Royal
Under the patronage of Aline Foriel-Destezet
Victor Jacob: Direction
Royal Chapel of Versailles
The Royal Chapel was finished in 1710 at the end of Louis XIV’s reign. Jules Hardouin-Mansart proposed the plan to the King in 1669. The First Architect died in 1708 without seeing the end of the works which were taken over by his brother-in-law Robert De Cotte. The reigning monarch only came for major religious festivals where he received communion, for ceremonies of the Order of Saint-Esprit, for the baptisms and weddings of the royal children celebrated from 1710 to 1789. This exceptional palatine chapel was also used for a wide range of religious ceremonies, including the marriage of Archduchess Marie-Antoinette with the future Louis XVI.
Above the altar, around the organ by Clicquot decorated with a fine relief of King David, played by great masters like François Couperin, the Chapel’s music, famous all over Europe, sung motets everyday during all religious services. Today Handel’s Dixit Dominus or Messiah, Bach’s Oratorios, Magnificat, Cantatas or Passions, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater or Charpentier’s Te Deum ring out in this majestic architecture.
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