In the new round of conferences

"Nice, muse and mirror of musical inspiration.

October > December 2017

Friday, October 6, 2017 at 8 p.m.

Church Saint-François-de-Paule

9 Street Saint-François-de-Paule - Nice

The new cycle of conferences of the service of the historical heritage of the city of Nice, dedicated to music in Nice, is inaugurated by the lyrical voices of the lyric Art Centre in the Mediterranean with the concert "the big success of a nice diva. Tribute to Cruvelli", Friday, October 6, 2017 at 8 pm in the Church of Saint-François-de-Paule.

This concert will evoke, with the tunes of Bellini, Verdi or Rossini, lyrical life in Nice in the Belle Epoque, through that of the great singer Sophie Cruvelli. In marrying the Vicomte Vigier in 1855, Sophie Cruvelli renounce the theater while she was at the height of Fame: "Irreplaceable actress, voice without equal, a star goes out to the sky of the art... absolutely irreparable loss"

Echoes of the Parisian newspapers at the beginning of the year 1856

She is still a worldly life, focus on the music, by organizing in Nice of the charity concerts to benefit the poor of the city. Very expected by the nice public, his beautiful lyrical evenings attract also the greatest artists of the time. He has, among other things, the first in France to the opera of Richard Wagner Lohengrin, in 1881, where she sang the role of Elsa. Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Meyerbeer wrote roles to his intention.

Free entrance within the limit of available seats

The cycle of conferences of the 2^nd half of the year 2017 program

"Nice, muse and mirror of musical inspiration.

Appointment Saturday at 15: 00 in the auditorium of the MAMAC (Yves Klein - Nice Place)

Free entrance within the limit of available seats

Saturday, October 21

"Nice, muse and mirror of inspiration."

by Pierrette Mari, musicologist, composer and Professor at the University of Paris Sorbonne - Paris IV

Saturday, November 18

' Architecture and music of Nice baroque " or how sounded the Gesù, mercy, Sainte - Réparate and the Abbey Church of St.

by Annick Dubois, Associate Professor, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis (musicology)

Saturday, November 25

"Album of musical autographs of Cessole family.

by Robert Adelson, Professor of history of music and organology - Conservatory of Nice

Saturday, December 2

"Political harmony of the annexation, the role of music in Nice in 1860 and its main actors.

by Frédéric Fuochi, responsible for the digital library Louis Nucéra pole musicologist

Saturday, December 16

" Jazzin' Riviera, a history of Jazz on the French Riviera.

by Jonathan Duclos-Arkilovitch, author, artistic director of the jazz WINS

Legend: Sophie Cruvelli - i.e. The Knight of Cessole-Nice - Nice City Library