Bienvenue à l'Alliance Française d'Adelaïde!

The Tales of Hoffmann

4, 7, 9, 11 July 2009, 7.30pm

Venue Festival Theatre

Adult from $58.30. Duration 2 Hrs 50 Mins Interval 20 Mins

Presented by State Opera of South Australia

Hoffmann has never been lucky in love. He's infatuated by the mechanical performing doll Olympia, seduced by the bejeweled courtesan Giulietta, obsessed by the consumptive Antonia and when he meets Stella, she holds the promise of all three women rolled into one. Is Hoffmann a victim of his own imagination or a helpless pawn in love's cruel hands?

Offenbach 's sumptuous score is packed with many of his most memorable arias and duets including Olympia's dazzling doll song, the world famous barcarolle in the Venetian scene and Dapertutto's beautiful diamond aria.

Stuart Maunder's highly acclaimed production created in 2007 for Opera Australia comes to Adelaide for the first time with a stellar cast.

Conductor: Benjamin Northey with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and State Opera Chorus.

Sung in French with English Surtitles.

French Music and Dance of the 1920s

Sunday 5 July 2009 3pm

Burnside Ballroom, Burnside Council

Dance Performance and Piano Recital in tribute to Yvonne Daunt, Etoile of L'Opera de Paris Ballet 1920s

Piano Music by Chopin, Ravel and Debussy.

Featuring Lizzie Vilmanis of Leigh Warren and Dancers.

No charge for this performance which will run for approximately one hour. Seating is open. Please arrive 10 to 15 minutes prior to 3pm to assist with seating.

Further details on website www.yvonnedaunt.webs.com

Discovery and Empire: the French in the South Seas

State Library of South Australia

Wednesday, 8 July

The AAEH conference will feature as one of its strands a symposium dedicated specifically to the theme of French exploration in the South Seas. The aim of the symposium is to examine the role that scientific voyages to these waters played in the French imagination and, more particularly, in that nation’s quest to expand its empire and influence. Papers will cover the extended period commonly referred to as the Age of Discovery, from the early 16th-century voyage of the Abbé Paulmier through to the scientific expeditions of the first part of the nineteenth century.

A full programme for the symposium is provided on the conference website.

Further information, and a symposium registration form, can be obtained from:

John West-Sooby, School of Humanities, University of Adelaide

Email: john.westsooby@adelaide.edu.au

Web site: www.theaaeh.org

Jérôme Faucheur from Lille

ADELAIDE TOWN HALL 2009 ORGAN RECITALS

Wednesday 8 July 2009 1.10 pm - 1.55 pm

Concert Gratuit. Yes It’s Free!

The European Organ during the Belle Époque: Oeuvres de CALLAERTS, CAPOCCI, DUBOIS, DIENEL, FLETCHER...

Leslie Howard - legendary Australian pianist and Niki Vasilakis - latest violin star from SA

Wednesday July 8 at 1.10pm

Pilgrim Church 12 Flinders Street Adelaide

Works by Cesar Franck and Liszt $15, $10 concession $5 students.(Accompanists' Guild and Recitals Australia Members free)

Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 June 2009

Fête de la Musique : Music Day!

Thanks to Graham Strahle!

Merci à tous les artistes et aux spectateurs qui ont participé à la Fête de la Musique