(c) Geneviève Lesueur Pergolesi's Stabat Mater: Théâtre des Champs‐Elysées
Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées — Main Hall
About the Event
Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater is the most famous depiction of the sufferings of the sorrowful Virgin in the baroque repertoire.
The Stabat Mater, which was written in Italy in the thirteenth century, is one of the best‐known sequences in the Catholic liturgy. This long sixty‐line poem in Latin describes the suffering of the Virgin at the foot of the cross on which she witnesses the death of her son. In the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance period, composers set this heartrending text to music. However, it was during the baroque period that the figure of the Virgin became an even greater object of devotion and the Stabat Mater became a ubiquitous figure in sacred music. The most famous evocation is by Pergolesi, a composer who died at the age of 26, giving rise to a legend similar to that of Mozart and his Requiem.
Cast / Production
Nina Spinosi | soprano
Marie‐Nicole Lemieux | contralto
Ensemble Matheus
Jean‐Christophe Spinosi | direction
Address
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, 15, Avenue Montaigne, Paris, France — Google Maps
