Ever since the Italian Renaissance, European artists have been looking to Leonardo's homeland. The Russian composer Tchaikovsky was inspired by popular melodies collected during a trip to Rome to compose his Italian Capriccio. However, it was Beaumarchais' picturesque and impertinent Spain that was the backdrop for Rossini's Barber of Seville, whose premiere in Rome will go down as one of the most eventful in the history of opera.
And it is still Spain seen from France that Chabrier offers us in an evocation worthy of a postcard before Ravel reveals the riches of the Andalusian soul in his Rhapsodie Espagnole.
ROSSINI
Opening of the Barber of Sevilla
RESPIGHI
6 small pieces for piano four hands
TCHAÏKOWSKI
Italian Capriccio
CHABRIER
España
RAVEL
Spanish rhapsody
Guillaume Coppola reunites with his accomplice Hervé Billaut for a 4-hand program entitled Rêves d'Espagne in the Bordeaux region: de…
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This Friday, April 18th at 8:30pm at Haut-Sarpe Castle, in Saint-Christophe-des-Bardes (FR)!
Photo Matéa Llieva
