LES DéLICES CREATES THE WHITE CAT, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY BAROQUE SPECTACULAR APRIL 1-3, 2022 January 20, 2022, Cleveland, OH - This April, Les Délices will present four live performances of The White Cat, an enchanting musical fairytale with dance, puppets, and...
/ 29.06.2021
LIVE PERFORMANCES: The White Cat
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" z_index=""][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]An enchanting musical fairytale for all ages with dance, puppets, and projected imagery based on Catherine D’Aulnoy’s 17th C feminist retelling of Puss in Boots. Original libretto by Larry Rosenwald (Guggenheim...
/ 17.06.2021
The White Cat (digital release)
A Baroque opera pastiche with puppets and projected imagery based on Catherine D’Aulnoy’s 17th C feminist retelling of Puss in Boots. Original libretto by Larry Rosenwald (Guggenheim Award winner 2020) with music by Lully, Couperin, Marais, and others. A filmed...
Les Délices continues their innovative all-virtual concert series in February with Games & Grounds. Full of fantasy and flashes of inspiration, Games & Grounds includes Baroque dance, through-composed fantasias, brilliant ground bass variations, and musical versions of Aesop’s timeless fables. Games...
News & Reviews, The White Cat / 25.02.2020
Creating the White Cat: Interview with director Jason McStoots
Tenor Jason McStoots is a beloved, long-time collaborator who will not only perform the character of The Prince in Les Délices' upcoming productions of Into the Labyrinth and The White Cat, but will also serve as Stage Director. In addition to...
News & Reviews, The White Cat / 24.02.2020
The White Cat – What’s it about?
This April, Les Délices and a team of fabulous collaborators will create The White Cat, a fairytale-based opera inspired by Baroque entertainments and based on the story by 17th-century author Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy. Who is d'Aulnoy and what is The White...
News & Reviews, The White Cat / 21.02.2020
First Look: The White Cat
[caption id="attachment_17779" align="alignleft" width="183"] The King puppet designed by Ian Petroni, illustrated by Nina Huryn[/caption] We're incredibly excited to be premiering The White Cat, a new pastiche entertainment based on Marie-Catherine D'Aulnoy's 17th-century fairytale, April 23-26, 2020 in 6 performances in...
News & Reviews / 02.02.2020
LD tells a rare, heartwarming tale in new, all-ages show combining Baroque music, puppetry, and storytelling
Acclaimed Cleveland-based Baroque chamber ensemble Les Délices will conclude their 2019-20 Season with an ambitious new multi-media production called Into the Labyrinth. An abbreviated matinee version of the production, called The White Cat, will also be offered and will include...
/ 06.01.2019
LD Steps Out: CPL West Park Branch
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/ 06.01.2019
LD Steps Out: CPL South Branch
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text]LD Steps Out with a free family-friendly performance of medieval music presented at South Branch Library in partnership with the Cleveland Public Library. Grab a seat ÔÇô or on a spot on...