Music

Femme X: Baroque Heroines

The Opera People (Singapore)

22 Nov 2022, Tue, 7.30pm

1hr

(Intermission: None)

Esplanade Recital Studio

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Synopsis

“The Opera People never step away from a challenge…giving audiences (an opera) packed full of outstanding musical and dramatic value” – The Straits Times  

 

“Plaudits go to The Opera People for…this well-conceived and excellently executed 70 minutes of musical theatre” – The Straits Times 

 

Ariadne. Lucretia. Circe. Three heroines whose stories have been passed down to us over countless generations, repeated by men in epic poems, paintings and plays but never in these women’s own voices.

 

Femme X: Baroque Heroines is the culmination of The Opera People’s 2022 season featuring the stories of women in mythology, with the Singapore premieres of three baroque cantatas by Philippe Courbois, Georg Frederic Handel and François Colin de Blamont that delve into the psychologies of these women. These cantatas will be framed by works of female poets including Eunice Clark, Faustina Maratti Zappi, Carol Ann Duffy as well as instrumental works by Jacques Duphly and Antoine Forqueray.

 

Femme X features sopranos Teng Xiang Ting, Cherie Tse and Felicia Teo Kaixin with musicians from Red Dot Baroque and guest French harpsichordist Stéphane Fuget.

 

Programme

Philippe Courbois
Ariane

 

Jacques Duphly
Médée

 

Georg Frederic Handel
La Lucrezia

 

Antoine Forqueray
Jupiter

 

Francois Colin de Blamont
Circé

 

Brought to you by The Opera People

As part of vOilah! France Singapore Festival 2022

In partnership with Ambassade de France à Singapore

Supported by the Crédit Agricole Group

Admission Age:
6 and above.
Language: French, Italian and English
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Date & Time

22 Nov 2022, Tue

7.30pm

Esplanade Recital Studio
Tickets & Prices
Standard Student
Price $35 $20
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