@earlymusicto.bsky.socialMarc Antoine #Charpentier’s
THE DESCENT OF ORPHEUS
Oct 22 to 25
#KoernerHall, 273 Bloor St W, TORONTO
www.operaatelier.com/shows/the-de...
C's opera recounts the timeless story of #Orpheus w all the extravagant splendour & drama unique to court of #LouisXIV #OperaAtelier
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@paulinepark.bsky.socialFrançoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart was born #OnThisDay in 1640, to become the maîtresse-en-titre to #LouisXIV; before the king of #France tired of the Marquise de Montespan & before she was brought down by the Affaire des Poisons, she gave him 3 children:
@celiaatparis.bsky.social📍 Scène Nationale de l’Essonne - Théâtre de l'Agora
ℹ️ hortensebelhote.com/1664-2/
#artvivant #spectacle #transmission #savoir #histoire #politique #LouisXIV #RoiSoleil #monarchie #pouvoir #absolutisme #VauxleVicomte #Fouquet #rivalité #Colbert #contrôle #art #académie #AndréFélibien #commerce
@strangeasitseems.bsky.socialThis day in #StrangeAsItSeems history!
September 29th, 1937
@morandiniblog2.bsky.socialRetard - Emmanuel Macron très critiqué après avoir fait attendre plusieurs minutes Louis XIV hier à Metz : "A-t-il voulu montrer que même face au Pape il restait le maître des horloges ?" #EmmanuelMacron #LouisXIV #pape
@akerix-en.bsky.socialAnna of Austria – Queen, Regent, and Patroness of the 17th Century
On September 22, 1601, the Spanish-Portuguese Infanta Anna Maria Mauricia of Austria was born in…
#Akerix #AI #AnnaOfAustria #LouisXIV
https://akerix.com/on-this-day/09-22-anna-von-osterreich-1601-1666-1601
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@akerix-fr.bsky.socialAnna d'Autriche - Reine, Régente et Mécène du XVIIe siècle
Le 22 septembre 1601, l'infante espagnole-portugaise Anna Maria Mauricia d'Autriche est née à…
#Akerix #IA #AnnaDAutriche #LouisXIV
https://akerix.com/fr/on-this-day/09-22-anna-von-osterreich-1601-1666-1601
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@earlymusicto.bsky.social#MishkaRushdieMomen - #Pianist's new album 'Hall of Mirrors', which explores keyboard music of the #FrenchBaroque ...spotlight on Élisabeth #JacquetdeLaGuerre who performed for #LouisXIV she was of the most remarkable composers of her generation
HyperionRecords
hyperion.lnk.to/cda68484_ig1FP #piano
@emi-ju.bsky.socialPanini Album
anno 17. Jahrhundert 😅
#SchlossVersailles
#LouisXIV
@paulinepark.bsky.social#OnThisDay in 1709, #France suffered one of its worst defeats in the War of the Spanish Succession at the hands of the Duke of Marlborough & the grand coalition against #LouisXIV & his drive for French #hegemony in #Europe, an important turning point in history...
@thepurpledon.bsky.social
@ospreypublishing.bsky.socialOn this day the Battle of Malplaquet took place in 1709.
This piece of art shows the second Dutch attack around 9am.
Illustrated by Graham Turner.
Find out more about the battle in CAM 355: https://bit.ly/46Tw0h4
@jigo57.bsky.social#HonoréMartel dit #Lamontagne ⚜️
arrivé le 30 juin 1665
au sein du #régiment de #Carignan-Salières,
la #force #militaire envoyée par le #roi #LouisXIV.
( #Crédits-Photo) #BrasserieLabattlimitée. Les #anciennes #familles du #Québec. Québec : La Brasserie, 1968.
@paulinepark.bsky.social#NicolasFouquet was arrested #OnThisDay in 1661; #France's surintendant des finances made the mistake of inviting #LouisXIV to Vaux-le-Vicomte; the moral — don't invite your boss to dinner if your house is bigger~!
www.france-histoire-esperance.com/5-septembre-...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas...
@paulinepark.bsky.social#LouisXIV was born #OnThisDay in 1638; as this cartoon notes, he established #France's eastern frontier, but he also bankrupted it with his wars & extravagance & helped pave the way for the French Revolution; le Roi Soleil was a mixed bag at best...
@mabelquill.bsky.socialThe Sun King’s Reign Ends On September 1, 1715, Louis XIV died at Versailles after ruling France for seventy two years, ending one of the longest reigns in European history. #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #LouisXIV #FrenchHistory #Versailles #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp