“As hypnotic a 90 minutes as you can hope for...” The London Observer, 2005
Opera Lafayette

  RYAN BROWN
 
CONDUCTOR AND
 
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Jean-Paul Fouchécourt and Catherine Turocy, The New York Baroque Dance Company, at the Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.
 
Opera Lafayette will be performing Treasures from The Paris Opéra Comique at the National Gallery of Art on May 11, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. in the West Garden Court. Opera Lafayette Young Artists Meghan McCall, Adria McCulloch, Eric Sampson and Darren Perry will perform scenes from Monsigny's Le Déserteur and David’s Lalla Roukh. Opera Lafayette will present the modern premiere of Monsigny's Le Déserteur in Washington, DC and New York City in January and February 2009. Click here for more information.

View the 2007-2008 Season featuring Zélindor, Roi des Sylphes by Rebel and Francoeur – the modern world premiere in a concert performance with The New York Baroque Dance Company.

In praise of Opera Lafayette's recent New York City debut, The New York Times, lauded "the crisp, resilient playing of the period orchestra, bringing the lilting dance music to colorful life" (Anne Midgette, October 20, 2007). To read excerpts from the full review, as well as other accolades for the company, click here.

Naxos, the world's leading classical music label, has released Opera Lafayette's latest recording, Rameau Operatic Arias for Haute-Contre, with tenor Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, the Opera Lafayette Orchestra and conductor Ryan Brown. Visit the Naxos web site to hear excerpts and to order a CD.
 
 
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