Antonia: Antonia: Behind the Myth of Marie Antoinette
Known for her iconic fashion, extravagant spending and tragic end at the guillotine, Marie Antoinette’s pivotal role in a very different revolution – that of opera in the late 18th century – is rarely discussed. Antonia uncovers the comical, scandalous, and heartbreaking lesser-known events of her life through an original script by Olivia Doutney and the music of the composers in her world – Gluck, Piccinni, Sacchini, Dussek and Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges.
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Known for her iconic fashion, extravagant spending and tragic end at the guillotine, Marie Antoinette’s pivotal role in a very different revolution – that of opera in the late 18th century – is rarely discussed. Antonia uncovers the comical, scandalous, and heartbreaking lesser-known events of her life through an original script by Olivia Doutney and the music of the composers in her world – Gluck, Piccinni, Sacchini, Dussek and Joseph Bologne, the Chevalier de Saint-Georges.