29th June, 2025 @ 6 pm
St. Lawrence Church, Janakkala, Finland
Tickets 27/25/18 € through Ticketmaster or at the venue from 5 pm
Dir. Aapo Häkkinen
Utopia will combine forces with musicians from the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra to give you an enjoyable evening of Parisian baroque music by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704) and Marin Marais (1656-1728).
During the reign of King Louis XIV, Charpentier worked as house composer to Marie de Lorraine, duchess de Guise, who sponsored musical entertainments several times a week in her palatial Parisian residence. It was mainly due to her influence and protection that her musicians were permitted to perform Charpentier’s chamber operas, defying the monopoly held by Jean Baptiste Lully at the time.