Vitiblog

Source : Domaine de Lagrézette

As we already said, each summer, the Saint-Céré Voice Music Festival is announced among the highlights of the cultural and tourist season, between the Lot and the valley of the Dordogne.

Let’s listen to its creator, Olivier Desbordes.

The Saint-Céré Festival is a universe apart in the world of opera. Born of the choir music gatherings created in the 1960’s by Pierre Host, the Saint-Céré Festival was founded in 1980, (…) in order to bring cultural creation and events to a rural area.

Our first dream was to stage operas in the courtyard of the Château de Castelnau-Bretenoux. In choosing historic and theatrical places, the purpose was not to breathe life into ancient stones, but rather to dare to confront a content with a new audience and to move opera out of its usual sanctuaries [..]