Costumes created last season by Christian Lacroix for David and Jonathan. This year, he dresses Don Giovanni, Romeo and Juliet And The bourgeois gentleman. Virginie Marty
The residence of the kings of France is celebrating its anniversary with a program that is anchored in Louis XIII and extends to the 19th century.
It has been four centuries since Louis XIII made the decision to build Versailles. The first stone was laid in 1624. “Returning to the origin is an element that allowed me to inspire this season, even if I move away from it to convey what has happened since,” says Laurent Brunner, director from Palace of Versailles Shows, which signs the programming.
To all lord, all honor, in October he dedicated an evening to music under Louis XIII, an evening entrusted to Jean-Baptiste Nicolas. It evokes the consecration of Versailles as a royal residence. Louis XIV may well have eclipsed everything, Louis XIII had his composers and his musical tastes. The rest of the 400th anniversary celebration gives pride of place to one hundred and seventy years of music, between 1623 and the Revolution. And opens to the rest.
Music at Versailles
In the history of music at Versailles There remain many masterpieces created for special occasions. So Plateby Rameau, written for the marriage of the Dauphin, son of Louis XV, with the Infanta…
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