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The Pleasures of the Quarrel

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The Pleasures of the Quarrel

It’s 1753 and the audiences at the Paris Opera are embroiled in passionate arguments over French and Italian musical style.  The Pleasures of the Quarrel, a mash-up of three memorable operas from this contentious operatic year.

Jean-Joseph de Mondonville: Titon et l’Aurore

Giovanni Maria Orlandini and Pietro Auletta: Il Giocatore

Antoine Dauvergne: Les Troqueurs

Catherine Turocy, director

Michelle Di Russo, conductor

New York Baroque Dance Company

Cornell Chamber Orchestra

Lucy Fitz Gibbon and Marie Marquis, Sopranos

Dominik Belavy and Tyler Duncan, Baritones

Source:: https://www.potqopera.com/
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