The Harp, Queen of Versailles

→The harp under Marie Antoinette: Xavier de Maistre and William Christie breathe new life into a quintessential 18th-century repertoire!

From the 1760s onwards, the harp enjoyed a golden age at Versailles and the court of Queen Marie Antoinette. Xavier de Maistre, William Christie and Les Arts Florissants revisit this flourishing period in a concert at the Royal Opera House.

Marie Antoinette, a Passionate Harpist

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