“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’s 2008 – 2009 season to include Le Déserteur by Monsigny and L’Allegro ed Il Pensieroso by Handel at the Terrace Theater of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Le Déserteur will also be presented at Rose Theater, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City. Please click here for a message from the Conductor and Artistic Director Ryan Brown about our new season.

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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