Articles by Clara Gallière
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Young TalentsLa Palatine: Baroque with a Rebel Spirit
From the court of Louis XIV to Barbara, the French ensemble La Palatine brings courtly airs and chanson, music and theatre into dialogue with rigour, wit and imagination. In January 2027, it will appear at the Salle Cortot in Paris in “Éros et Thanatos”, alongside French countertenor Rémy Brès-Feuillet, among others.
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Women ComposersAntonia Bembo, a Venetian at the Court of Louis XIV
Having fled to Paris, the Venetian composer and singer Antonia Bembo (1643–1715) led a truly romantic life, marked by a marital escape, royal patronage, and the creation of a musical language that blended Italian and French styles. A pupil of Cavalli, her only opera, “Ercole amante”, is on the bill at the Paris Opera from 28 May.
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Women ComposersLa Ménétou, a child prodigy at Versailles
Françoise-Charlotte de Saint-Nectaire (1679–1745) is the youngest French composer to have had her scores published in France. It must be said that this young prodigy was well surrounded, playing her talent as deftly as her instruments—or her connections.
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