Ruth Leon recommends… The Chevalier – Music Before 1800
Ruth Leon recommendsThe Chevalier – Music Before 1800
This is a stream of the NYC premiere of this global touring production, featuring the first-ever collaboration between The Harlem Chamber Players and Music Before 1800, a New York concert presenting organisation, in a landmark performance at the sumptuous United Palace on 175th St.
The Chevalier tells the incredible true story of Joseph Bologne, the composer, conductor, abolitionist, fencer, and hero of the French Revolution. Commissioned by the Tanglewood Music Center, this original work of concert-theatre combines orchestra with actors who portray W. A. Mozart, Marie Antoinette, Bologne, and Choderlos de Laclos as they navigate the gathering clouds of revolution in 1778 Paris.
For those of us who were disappointed by the rather cheesy movie version of this story from 2020, I’m hoping this will be a more musical and higher quality retelling of a story that is certainly worth the telling.
Artists include violinist Brendon Eliott and actors from Concert Theatre Works. It is written and directed by Bill Barclay.
It will be performed live on Sunday at the United Palace, Manhattan and will then be available to stream $30 February 4-18.
The reason why Joseph Bologne’s music is nice but so thin, is that he did all these things in the same time.
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