Item details

Date

Wednesday, October 19, 2022 7:30PM

Name

Concert Spirituel: Saint-Domingue and New Orleans

Description

St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter

a free concert featuring
Pedro Memelsdorff, guest conductor

The 15th edition of Musical Louisiana: America’s Cultural Heritage, copresented by The Historic New Orleans Collection and Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, resurrects two forgotten sets of music from the 18th-century Caribbean. A selection of arias will highlight the short, brilliant career of Minette Ferrand, the first title-role soloist of color in the history of French opera. The concert will also feature a  1763 Mass setting designed to be sung for and by enslaved people. Guest conductor Pedro Memelsdorff spent over a decade researching this music, which has rarely been performed.

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Preconcert lecture featuring Pedro Memelsdorff and Haiti scholar Laurent Dubois 
Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street. Doors open at 5 p.m., lecture at 5:45 p.m. 

Listen live on WWNO 89.9 FM, Classical 104.9 FM, or KTLN 90.5 FM in the Houma-Thibodaux area. Live streaming facilitated by WLAE. Visit www.LPOmusic.com for more information.

Sponsored by the Edgar "Dooky" Jr. and Leah Chase Foundation, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Foundation, and the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund. This program is also supported in part by a grant from Acción Cultural Española (AC/E), a state agency.

Concert is free and open to the public. No registration required.