Burlington Baroque – Music, Drama & Dance in the Kingdom of France

Montreal’s Baroque Orchestra L’Harmonie des saisons and the Burlington Baroque Festival Singers open the 2026 Festival in FESTIVE Style, featuring four of 18th century France’s greatest composers,  among the most celebrated within a pantheon of great composers serving Louis XIV and Louis XV during France’s Golden Age. A One Act Opera, a Grand Motet, an expansive Dance Suite, and a brilliant operatic Chaconne assure an exquisite evening of music!

Jean-Fery Rebel: The Character of the Dances

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: The Pleasures of Versailles (One Act Opera)

Jean Baptiste Lully: Chaconne from Armide 

Sebastian Brossard: Grand Motet: In convertendo dominus.

Featured soloists are:

Myriam Leblanc, soprano (Montreal)

Len Torrie, soprano (Montreal)

Nicholas Burns, alto (Vancouver)

Philippe Gagné, tenor (Quebec City)

Ryan Matos, tenor (Burlington)

Sumner Thomson, baritone (Boston)

William Kraushaar,  bass (Montreal)

With the BURLINGTON BAROQUE FESTIVAL SINGERS