Festival de Beaune FRANCE BEAUNE • 6 - 29 July 2001
Anne Blanchard and her team rarely disappoint. For those with a passion for baroque music and opera, this festival is a top priority. Spread out over four week-ends, this year's programme includes William Christie and Les Arts Florissants in a performance of Handel's pastoral ode L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, counter-tenor Andreas Scholl and the Freiburger Barockorchester interpret Vivaldi's Stabat Mater and Nisi Dominus; Christophe Rousset leads his Talens Lyriques in Lully's opera Persée; Jordi Savall and the Orchestre Le Concert des Nations perform Monteverdi's Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinde ; Rinaldo Alessandrini and the Orchestre Concerto Italiano give Vivaldi's opera La Senna Festeggiante. And that's not all ! Traveller's should note that ticket sales are often brisk, notably with the French public. Wine tastings at the local Burgundy vineyards and excellent regional cuisine are another big draw for this quality baroque music festival.
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