At the start of the new season, the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles is highlighting three new publications that bring together education, research and the history of performance: three new volumes in the Découvertes collection devoted to the viola da gamba, Benoît Dratwicki’s book on singers at the Paris Opéra under the Ancien Régime, and a collective volume resulting from the ThéPARis project on theatrical exchanges between Paris and the provinces.
Scores / Découvertes collection
Viola da gamba, volumes 1, 2 and 3
Anthology of French Baroque Music
Viola da gamba, vol. 1
Works collected and edited by Mathilde Hénin and Claire Gautrot
Viola da gamba, vol. 2
Works collected and edited by Sylvia Abramowicz and Emanuelle Guigues
Viola da gamba, vol. 3
Works collected and edited by Ondine Lacorne-Hébrard and Flore Seube
Under the editorial direction of Louis Castelain
The CMBV’s publications enrich the Découvertes collection with three new volumes devoted to the French repertoire for the viola da gamba. Created by viol players, performers and teachers, this anthology is aimed at amateurs and students from Cycle 1 to Cycle 2, with pieces for solo viol, duo and ensemble. Designed both for learning and musical practice, these volumes offer modern editions that remain faithful to the sources and are adapted to the needs of students, teachers and amateur musicians. This new series continues the educational ambition of the Découvertes collection: to make heritage repertoire accessible while providing performers with clear, practical and historically informed tools.
Price: €23 per volume
Book / Monograph
De la scène à l'alcôve
Les chanteurs de l'Opéra de Paris sous l'Ancien Régime (1669-1791)
Benoît Dratwicki
Brepols edition – Music History and Performance: Practices in Context collection, edited by Christine Jeanneret
Through his book De la scène à l’alcôve, Benoît Dratwicki, researcher and artistic director of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles, examines the profession of opera singer in France under the Ancien Régime. From training to retirement, the book traces the course of singers’ careers, details the organisation of the company, explores their relationship with the creation of opera, and examines the musical and stage practices associated with the running of the Paris Opéra. This extensive study sheds light on the professional and artistic realities of singers, while also placing them within the society of their time.
783 pages – published in August 2026
Price: €158.25
Book / Collective volume
Le Théâtre entre Paris et les provinces de France
Ancrages, circulations et transversités - XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles
Edited by Barbara Nestola, Emanuele De Luca and Bénédicte Louvat
Classiques Garnier edition
Published by Classiques Garnier, Le Théâtre entre Paris et les provinces de France. Ancrages, circulations et transversalités — XVIIᵉ-XVIIIᵉ siècle brings the ThéPARis research project, led by the CMBV, Université Côte d’Azur and Sorbonne University, to a close. Edited by Barbara Nestola, director of the CMBV’s Research Department, Emanuele De Luca and Bénédicte Louvat, this collective volume explores the circulation of theatre in France under the Ancien Régime. Between local roots, artistic circulation and exchanges between Paris, Versailles and the provinces, it invites us to rethink French theatrical and musical life not only from the perspective of the capital, but through the exchanges, networks and dynamics that connect these stages.
341 pages – published on the 2nd September 2026
Price: €35 (paperback) / €86 (hardback)