Great Hall of the Crusades - Philidor: Ernelinde, Princess of Norway

Tuesday 27 May 2025

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Location : Grande salle des croisades

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Place d'Armes Château de Versailles
78000
Versailles
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Longitude : 2.122499
Grande salle des croisades - Philidor : Ernelinde, Princesse de Norvège
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Grande salle des croisades
Place d'Armes Château de Versailles
78000
Versailles

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A considerable composer and world-renowned chess player, Philidor was a pivotal figure in French opera at the end of the 18th century. His Ernelinde princesse de Norvège was hailed at the time as a highly modern composition.
But why on earth was Ernelinde, Princess of Norway dedicated by the Frenchman Philidor to the Countess of Forbach? Born in Strasbourg in 1734, Marie-Anne Camasse, an actress and dancer, married the Duke of Deux-Ponts and led a considerable intellectual life from Mannheim to Deux-Ponts and Forbach, then to Paris where she was close to Diderot, Louis XV and Marie-Antoinette... and finally to the court of Empress Josephine in Paris!



A considerable composer and world-renowned chess player, Philidor was a pivotal figure in French opera at the end of the 18th century. His Ernelinde princesse de Norvège was hailed at the time as a highly modern composition, paving the way for Gluck and the reformed French opera of the reign of Louis XVI. Music inspired by Pergolesi and the other great Italian masters, a drama concentrated into just three acts, vocal writing that is both virtuoso and heroic, and picturesque ballets are all features that distinguish Philidor's score as extremely singular for its time.

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