Conjuring the Ghosts of Versailles
- This is a past program
Co-presented with the Los Angeles Opera
More than two decades after The Ghosts of Versailles had its spectacular premiere at the Metropolitan Opera, the composer John Corigliano and current director Darko Tresnjak discuss the opera in a conversation led by LA Opera president and CEO Christopher Koelsch.
In conjunction with Figaro Unbound, a citywide celebration exploring the lasting legacy of French playwright Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais’ freethinking barber.
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Jean-Baptiste Andre Gautier-Dagoty, Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette, ca. 1781
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