{"product_id":"george-dandin-la-grotte-de-versailles","title":"George Dandin: La grotte de Versailles","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt was on July 18, 1668 that Moliere successfully performed George Dandin ou le mari confundu, a play mixed with a sung pastoral, for “Le Grand Divertissement Royal de Versailles” offered by Louis XIV to his Court, as a celebration of the Peace of Aachen. This amusing story of a rich peasant who purchases a young noble girl includes interludes set to the splendid music of Lully. The same year sees the promising meeting between Lully and Quinault: together they write for King La Grotte de Versailles, in which Louis is glorified, and dances in person the role of a nymph. These two works, symbolic of the creative vigor of the early days of Versailles, and of the artistic appetite of a thirty-year-old Sovereign, are brought back to life thanks to Gaetan Jarry and Marguerite Louise, with incomparable taste: tambourines, flutes and musettes are part of the festivities and the trumpets proclaim the glory of Louis. Here we have a scintillating echo of the sumptuous festivities given at Versailles by Louis XIV!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Château de Versailles Spectacles","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49604653809944,"sku":"3770011431304","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/3851160-2623717.jpg?v=1777695820","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/george-dandin-la-grotte-de-versailles","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}