La Perla Bizzarra
Alice Teyssier, soprano
Evan Few, violin
Shirley Hunt, viola da gamba
Benjamin Katz, harpsichord
Elizabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729) was undoubtedly one of the most important and progressive composers of her generation. She was one of the first French composers (alongside François-Couperin, Sébastien de Brossard and Jean-Féry Rebel) to devote herself to the sonata form, and her cantatas broke new ground in France. With her relatively early work Jeux à l'honneur de la victoire, one of the very first opera-ballets, she became the first woman to produce an opera in the Académie Royale de Musique. King Louis XIV, meeting the five-year-old de la Guerre, dubbed her a “miracle creature” and became a loyal patron of her work, providing the budding virtuoso harpsichordist and composer with a boarding house and specially organized concerts.
Reservations: 212-998-8750 or maison.francaise@nyu.edu
Tickets:
$20 General Admission
$10 Students with ID
Co-sponsored by La Maison Française and the FAS Department of Music, NYU