THE CULTURAL AND MUSICAL INFLUENCE OF MADAME DE POMPADOUR WITH GUEST SPEAKER CALLUM BLACKMORE

Monday, November 28th, 2022, 6PM EST Virtual session $10

The concert at the Kennedy Center will take place on Dec 2. Please check our agenda for that date.

Further explore the history and influence of Madame de Pompadour with historical musicology researcher, Callum Blackmore, and guest artist, Jacob Ashworth, who is the musical director of our first performance of the season, In the Salons of Versailles (tickets here.) Critics during that time were generally quite hostile and highlighted her as a malevolent political influence, but historians tend to be more favorable with emphasizing her successes as a patron of the arts and a champion of French pride. Not only did Pompadour support the arts as a patron, but she was also an active participator as well and was an acclaimed stage actress in performances hosted in her private theaters at Versailles and Bellevue.

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