Musical performances at the Villa Viardot

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  • Animation musicales à la rencontre de Pauline Viardot
  • Parvati Maeder et Joël Keller
  • Villa Viardot
  • Parvati Maeder et Joël Keller
  • Vue sur la Datcha Tourgueniev
Animation musicales à la rencontre de Pauline ViardotParvati Maeder et Joël KellerVilla ViardotParvati Maeder et Joël KellerVue sur la Datcha Tourgueniev

Presentation

The young mezzo-soprano Parvati Maeder and the pianist Joël Keller take you on a journey through the life of the singer Pauline Viardot (1821 - 1910) through her compositions and the works of the artists she worked with.
The Villa Viardot is located next to the Ivan Tourguéniev dacha-museum in Bougival, where the Russian writer and the singer lived from 1874 to 1883. One Saturday a month, mezzo-soprano Parvati Maeder and pianist Joël Keller will spend 30 minutes at the Villa Viardot recounting the stages in Tourguéniev's musical life
  • Her training as a pianist with Liszt and as a singer with her father Manuel Garcia and the famous singing method compiled by Manuel Garcia junior, a copy of which can be found in the Dacha Museum
  • Her career as a singer and her marriage to Louis Viardot, art critic, translator, director of the Théâtre des Italiens and later her agent, friend of George Sand, her friendship with Frédéric Chopin and Hector Berlioz
  • The artists invited to his salon: Charles Gounod, Camille Saint Saens, Gabriel Fauré, Cécile Chaminade, Reynaldo Hahn...
  • As well as a number of arias by Bizet, Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc.

Over the course of 5 different performances on 17 May, 14 June, 5 July, 6 September and 4 October, the artists will have covered a vast repertoire spanning the long life of Pauline Viardot.

Programme

  • Saturday 17 May (Museum Nights in association with Versailles Grand Parc and the Maison Berthe Morisot)
    Franz Liszt: Tre sonnetti di Petrarca, III
    Pauline Viardot: Mazurka Chopin aime-moi, Evocation, Le toréador
    Robert Schumann: In der Fremde
    Reynaldo Hahn: A Cloris
    Piotr Illytch Tchaikovsky: op 6 n°4
    Claude Debussy: Beau soir
    Henri Duparc: chanson triste
 
  • Other dates: programme to be announced
 

Additional information

  • Duration: 30 minutes
  • Admission fee: 
    • Full fare: €10,00
    • Reduced fare: €5.00
      0-25 years old, jobseekers, holders of a disability card or mobility card + 1 accompanying person (proof of entitlement must be shown on site)
 

Access

Adress

Villa Viardot - 14 rue Yvan Tourgueneff - 78380 Bougival
To avoid disrupting the performance, please arrive at least 15 minutes before starting time.

How to get there

  • Access via 14 rue Yvan Tourgueneff and the Parc forestier de la Jonchère
  • By public transport:
    • From Rueil-Malmaison (RER A): bus 6227 (stop La Jonchère)
    • From Saint-Germain-en-Laye: bus 259 (stop La Chaussée - Musée Tourgueniev)
    • From Paris Saint-Lazare: train Transilien L direction Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche (stop Bougival), then bus D (stop La Poste)
    • From Versailles: Express bus 1 (Ancienne Mairie stop), then bus 259 (La Chaussée - Musée Tourgueniev stop) 
  • By car:
    • Hôtel Double-Tree car park
    • Parking Bouzemont (limited to 2 hours)
    • Croix aux Vents car park (free)
    • Vieljeux car park, on the Île de la Chaussée (free)
  • Heritage walks by bike, on foot or by boat from the Maison Fournaise in Chatou, the Château de Bois-Préau in Rueil-Malmaison, etc.
  • Localisation :
    • Bougival

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