Opera Lafayette

OPERA LAFAYETTE, DU MONDE: EXPLORING OPERA AT THE INTERSECTION OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY COLONIALISM AND INDEPENDENCE [OPERA LAFAYETTE HAS DEVELOPED A NETWORK OF LEADING SCHOLARS AND ARTIST-SCHOLARS AT THE HEART OF THE EARLY MUSIC MOVEMENT TO CONVEY THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF THESE WORKS IN ACCESSIBLE, PUBLIC HUMANITIES-ORIENTED FORUMS. OUR 2021-2022 PRODUCTIONS WILL BE ILLUMINED BY AN ARRAY OF SYMPOSIA, SCHOLARLY PANELS, PRE- AND POST-PERFORMANCE LECTURES, EXPERTLY RESEARCHED PROGRAM MATERIALS, AND AN ONGOING DOCUMENTARY FILM PROJECT.] [PURPOSE: THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO SUPPORT THE RECOVERY AND REPRODUCTION OF THREE 18TH CENTURY FRENCH OPERAS AT OPERA LAFAYETTE IN WASHINGTON D.C. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: OL WILL CREATE PROGRAMMING TO ENCOURAGE HUMANISTIC INTERPRETATION OF EARLY MUSIC THROUGH LECTURE VIDEOS, SCHOLARLY LEARNING GUIDES, AND MODERATED DISCUSSION FORUMS EMPHASIZING MUSICOLOGY AND SOCIAL AND POLITICAL HISTORY. OL WILL ALSO CREATE ADVANCED-LEVEL SYMPOSIA AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AROUND CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL LAND RIGHTS AND WATER ISSUES (SILVAIN), ROYAL PATRONAGE AND THE POLITICS OF THE FRENCH ENLIGHTENMENT (MARIE ANTOINETTE), AND THE COMPLEX HISTORY OF MUSIC IN THE FRENCH CARIBBEAN (KOUROU). THEY ALSO PLAN TO PRODUCE A SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM ON LEONORE/FIDELIO AND L'AMOUR CONJUGAL. EXPECTED OUTCOMES: OL'S PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AUDIENCES TO REEXAMINE HISTORICAL PIECES ALONGSIDE CONTEMPORARY ISSUES. OL WILL RETAIN THREE POSITIONS AND CREATE 12 NEW CONTRACTOR POSITIONS TO CREATE THE INTERPRETIVE AND EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE PIECES. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: NATIONAL AUDIENCES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND NEW YORK CITY WILL BENEFIT FROM OL'S HYBRID PROGRAMMING. OL'S ONLINE PRESENCE AND PLANS TO CURATE PROGRAMMING WITH HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE WILL HELP OL REACH BEYOND THE EARLY MUSIC AUDIENCE TO INFLUENCE HUMANITIES BROADLY. SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: THE RECIPIENT PLANS TO SUBAWARD FUNDS FOR CONTRACTUAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT.]

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCES OF NEW WOMAN A SEMI-STAGED CONCERT OF WORKS BY 18TH-CENTURY COMPOSERS MARIANNA MARTINES MARIA ANTONIA WALPURGIS J.C. BACH CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK AND FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT ARTIST FEES AND PRODUCTION PERSONNEL COSTS FOR PERFORMANCES OF MORGIANE OU LE SULTAN DISPHAHAN (MORGIANE OR THE SULTAN OF ISFAHAN) BY COMPOSER EDMOND DÉDÉ.

TO SUPPORT A FULLY STAGED CO-PRODUCTION OF LA SUSANNA BY COMPOSER ALESSANDRO STRADELLA AND LIBRETTIST GIOVANNI BATTISTA GIARDINI WITH HEARTBEAT OPERA IN NEW YORK.

TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCES AND PROFESSIONAL RECORDING OF "L'EPREUVE VILLAGEOISE" ("THE VILLAGE TRIAL") BY COMPOSER ANDRE GRETRY.

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT ARTIST FEES FOR PERFORMANCES OF COMPOSER JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAUS IO AND PIERRE DE LA GARDES LEANDRE ET HERO.

TO SUPPORT A NEW PRODUCTION OF THE BLACKSMITH (LE MARÉCHAL FERRANT) BY FRANCOIS-ANDRE DANICAN PHILIDOR.

TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCES OF A CONCERT OF OPERA EXCERPTS THAT WILL MUSICALLY EXPLORE VERSAILLES DURING THE REIGNS OF LOUIS XIV XV AND XVI.

TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCES OF FELICIEN DAVID'S 1862 OPERA "LALLA ROUKH."

TO SUPPORT A PRODUCTION OF FRANOIS-ANDR DANICAN PHILIDOR'S SANCHO PANA.

TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCES AND A PROFESSIONAL RECORDING OF "LEONORE, OU L'AMOUR CONJUGAL" ("LEONORE, OR CONJUGAL LOVE") BY COMPOSER PIERRE GAVEAUX AND L

TO SUPPORT PERFORMANCES OF JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU'S "LES FETES DE L'HYMEN ET DE L'AMOUR, OU LES DIEUX D'EGYPTE."