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Un voyage au cœur des opéras de Jean-Baptiste Lully

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La passacaille d’Armi<strong>de</strong> n’est pas un divertissement<strong>au</strong> sens où nous pourrions l’entendre <strong>au</strong>jourd’hui.C’est bien plutôt une page <strong>de</strong> musique sacrée, ungrand service funèbre, un ultime et déchirant adieu àla be<strong>au</strong>té, à la vie.Olivier Schneebeli, septembre 2005.circle to the pitiless and gentle refrain of the Parcae.Once again we are in the realm of sleep, oblivion,h<strong>au</strong>nting grief.The passacaille in Armi<strong>de</strong> is no ‘divertissement’ in themo<strong>de</strong>rn sense of ‘entertainment’. It is, rather, a pieceof sacred music, a great funeral ceremony, a lastheartbreaking farewell to be<strong>au</strong>ty, to life.Olivier Schneebeli, September 2005Translation: Charles Johnston1 The Duchesse d’Orléans, Louis XIV’s sister-in-law.(Translator’s note)2 ‘In the winter of our years, love no longer reigns; / Thebe<strong>au</strong>teous days we lose are lost forever.’12

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