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La Néréide

Heart and mind

26 Sept 2024 | 20 h 00

In addition to their solo careers, Julie Roset, Camille Allérat and Ana Vieira Leite are also the founders of the La Néréide ensemble, which turns its attention to little-known repertoires. After an initial project - which was recorded - based on rare madrigals composed by Luzzasco Luzzaschi of Ferrara for three mysterious ladies from his city, they are now turning their attention to late-seventeenth and early-eighteenth century scores composed for use in young ladies' institutions, including the most famous of all, Saint-Cyr's Maison Royale de Saint-Louis. Founded in 1686 by Madame de Maintenon - Louis XIV's last mistress and secret wife - its aim was to provide a complete education - according to the criteria of the time - for penniless young noblewomen. Music and singing, of course, were an essential part of this higher education. Numerous composers were therefore called upon to write for the Demoiselles de Saint-Cyr, not least Louis Nicolas Clérambault, who composed this Three-part Miserere for them in 1745.

But behind its Pascalian-inspired title - "The heart has its reasons that reason does not know" - this original programme also looks at what set the hearts of these young ladies beating outside church. With a judicious selection of airs galants and airs de Cour, La Néréide invites us to explore the secret stirrings of passionate young souls.

Calendar

  • Thu. 26 September 2024
    20:00
    Opéra national de Lorraine

Information

Duration
about 1 h 15 

Prices
€ 5 - 38

Cast

Soprano

Julie Roset

Soprano

Camille Allérat

Soprano

Ana Vieira Leite


Organ

Emmanuel Arakélian

Viola da gamba

Salomé Gasselin

Theorbe and lute

Gabriel Rignol


Du Parc

Je ne sais pas ce que je sens

Louis-Nicolas Clérembault

Miserere

Michel Lambert

J'ayme, je suis aimé

Honoré d'Ambruis

Lorsqu'avec une ardeur extrême

Michel de la Barre

Quand une âme est bien atteinte

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Bois, ruisseaux, aimable verdure

Jean-François Lalouette

Miserere

Michel Lambert

Sombres déserts

Sébastien Le Camus

Je m'abandonne à vous

Michel Lambert

Laisse-moi soupirer, importune raison

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