Edition 2026

The Massy Opera House is opening its doors for a series of activities centred on music and dance from the 17th and 18th centuries, with a focus on female musicians and dancers from that period.

Musicians

• Irène Feste, dancer and choreographer, specialist in 17th and 18th century choreographic repertoire
• Aurélie Karbowiak, flutist (recorders, traverso), teacher at the Massy Conservatory
• Baptiste Guittet, harpsichordist, teacher at the Massy Conservatory
• Andrés Felipe Rubiano Granados, violist and guitarist, teacher at the Amiens and Massy Conservatories

Discovering the ancestor of the trombone: history, how it works, trying out the instrument and a mini-concert. Julien Miro, professor at the Cité des Arts, highlights the links between the modern trombone and the sackbut.

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Julien Miro

Martine Argellies, a harpsichord maker since 1981, is one of the few French specialists in this instrument.

Musicians

Martine Argellies

Musical tour with students from the early music department of the Perpignan Regional Conservatory. A festive and convivial afternoon at Casa Xanxo, where the history of Perpignan meets early music.

Musicians

With Sylvain Sartre, Fanette Estrade et Valérie Dulac.

Concert by the Alkymia ensemble following a creative residency at the Cité de la Voix. This programme offers a journey from Italian madrigals to German madrigals, motets and double choirs. 10 singers, lira da gamba and positive organ.

Musicians

• Alkymia - répertoires anciens et de nos jours
• Mariana Delgadillo Espinoza

Martine Argellies, a harpsichord maker since 1981, is one of the few French specialists in this instrument.

Musicians

Martine Argellies

Martine Argellies, a harpsichord maker since 1981, is one of the few French specialists in this instrument.

Musicians

Martine Argellies

Two concerts with commentary and illustrations by the students, exploring the richness and evolution of Baroque music: 6pm – Court airs and instrumental music from 17th-century France / 8pm – Armide by Jean-Baptiste Lully (excerpts)

Illustrated lecture on the Baroque composer and presentation of the reissue of the monograph edited by Les Muses en Dialogue. Stéphan Perreau is a musicologist and specialist in French Baroque music.

Musicians

Stéphan Perreau

Ars Vocalis, conducted by Marie-Paule Nounou, opens a rehearsal to the public in tribute to cellist Joël Pons, featuring works by Bach, Pergolesi and Handel. An immersion into the heart of the work of an ensemble dedicated to the sacred Baroque repertoire.

Musicians

Ars Vocalis, artistic direction by Marie-Paule Nounou

A dialogue between pictorial works and ancient instruments in a guided musical journey. Artistic direction: Margaux Blanchard & Sylvain Sartre. With Sylvain Sartre (flute) and Romaric Martin (historical guitar).

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Ensemble Les Ombres, artistic direction: Margaux Blanchard & Sylvain Sartre.

A dialogue between pictorial works and ancient instruments in a guided musical journey. Artistic direction: Margaux Blanchard & Sylvain Sartre. With Sylvain Sartre (flute) and Romaric Martin (historical guitar).

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Ensemble Les Ombres, artistic direction: Margaux Blanchard & Sylvain Sartre.

Lent programme mirroring Bach and Mendelssohn. Benjamin Alard brings us Bach's complete keyboard works with Harmonia Mundi.

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Benjamin Alard

A dialogue between pictorial works and ancient instruments in a guided musical journey. Artistic direction: Margaux Blanchard & Sylvain Sartre. With Sylvain Sartre (flute) and Romaric Martin (historical guitar).

Musicians

Ensemble Les Ombres, artistic direction: Margaux Blanchard & Sylvain Sartre.

Renaissance & Baroque concert by students and teachers. A genuine invitation to rediscover the richness and diversity of early music through the sounds of harpsichords, Baroque violins and recorders.

Musicians

Students and teachers from the Béziers Méditerranée Conservatory and the Greater Narbonne Conservatory

Programme based on Schütz and Rosenmüller with Guillaume Olry (vocals), Franck Poitrineau, Julien Miro (sackbouts) and Marie Domitille Murez (baroque harp).

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Professors of the Early Music Department from the Cité des Arts: Guillaume Olry, Franck Poitrineau, Julien Miro and Marie Domitille Murez.

Come along to Jujurieux on Sunday 29 March for a musical performance by the Coloquio 6 ensemble! Selected as part of the Sustainable-EEEMERGING scheme to support young talent, Coloquio 6 is a wind sextet specialising in the 19th-century wind band repertoire. The ensemble invites you to discover the works they will be recording the following week for Ambronay Editions in the Chapelle des Soieries Bonnet.

Musicians

• Coloquio 6

A prolific composer and pioneer of artistic life in the 18th century, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier contributed greatly to the democratisation of music. This lecture by Stéphan Perreau invites us to rediscover this creative artist.

Musicians Stéphan Perreau

This concert features Vivaldi's Gloria & Magnificat, composed for the young orphans of the Ospedale della Pietà in Venice, very rarely performed in their original version for double female choir.

Musicians

• Le Concert Spirituel, female choir and orchestra
• Hervé Niquet, musical director

Public masterclass and concert with commentary by Christophe Rousset, in partnership with the École Normale de Musique de Paris. The programme aims to provide a deeper understanding of the works performed, in connection with Holy Week and the Leçons de Ténèbres.

Musicians

• Michèle Bréant, 1st treble
• Suzanne Jerosme, 2nd treble
• Isabelle Saint-Yves, viola da gamba
• Christophe Rousset, organ, harpsichord and conductor