Itinerancy of a King
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On July 18, King Louis XIV and his court stopped off at Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil... Don't be surprised, it's "almost" true! Three centuries have passed since the monarch's heyday, and yet, thanks to Sophie Peduzzithe course of history seems to have stopped... |
With her troupe of actors, she plunged us back into the daily life of the Queen and the Sun King. If he traveled just as well in times of war as in times of peace, why wouldn't he have wanted to stay at Ainay?
Sophie Peduzzi has now staged a King's Day at the château. The program included the dressing of the Queen and the King in the Grand Salon, the ramblings of the Montespan in the King's Chamber, Molière's bon mots in the court lulled by Lully's music, and a play in the Salle des Archers for which the actors improvised magnificently on the themes of religion, gardens and lust... An extraordinary immersion in the salons of Versailles and the banter of the members of the court....
A daring and successful project, written by a heritage lover and performed by a talented troupe, to the delight of the audience...
Why not repeat the experience? To be continued...
La 3ème édition des Rencontres Musicales du Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil
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From August 15 to 18, music once again resounded in the gardens and within the walls of the Château d'Ainay-le-Vieil. |
Les Rencontres se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas puisque cette année une nouvelle formule à été proposée. Le festival s’est déroulé sur quatre jours, permettant au chef d’orchestre et directeur artistique David Molard Soriano une programmation plus variée, notamment avec un opéra : Eugène Onéguine.
The orchestra in residence, wonderful soloists such as Manon Galy and Florian Sempey, and singers like Fiona Fauchois, Mathilde Liberté, Volodymir Kapshuk and Paul Gaugler made this third edition another success.
Les Rencontres Musicales du Château d’Ainay-le-Vieil est un festival d’exception, non seulement par le talent des artistes qui s’y produisent mais aussi par l’ouverture de sa programmation, destinée aussi bien aux connaisseurs qu’aux néophytes.
See you August 14-17, 2025 for the fourth edition.
