The Marseillaise for all
Participatory concert open to all
Part of the Marseillaise exhibition at Les Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg
(5 November 2021 to 21 February 2022)
Infos
Strasbourg
Opéra
Entrée libre
Inscription en ligne obligatoire avant le 6 novembre 11h
Cast
Chœur de l’Opéra national du Rhin, Opéra Studio de l’Opéra national du Rhin, Les Petits Chanteurs de Strasbourg - Maîtrise de l'Opéra national du Rhin, Orchestre de la HEAR Musical Director Sora Elisabeth Lee Introduction Mathieu Schneider
Presentation
On 20 April 1792, Revolutionary France declared war on Austria. The mayor of Strasbourg commissioned Captain Rouget de Lisle to compose a march for the troops garrisoned in his city. Overnight, the officer wrote a war song for the Army of the Rhine. Adopted by the volunteer soldiers of southern France, the song was renamed La Marseillaise, and was orchestrated by Hector Berlioz during the Revolution of 1830. Come and sing this internationally recognized anthem with the OnR Chorus and Berlioz’s full orchestra!
Rouget de Lisle, La Marseillaise (orchestration by Hector Berlioz)
With the singers of the Chorus, Opéra Studio and Maîtrise of the OnR
