• Director(s):

    SIMONNET (OLIVIER)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, CERIGO FILMS

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2011

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD

Fall 2011. Musicians and singers from all over Latin America and from France gather in Paraguay to celebrate in spectacular style the extraordinary adventure of the 'Centre International des Chemins du Baroque'.

'Les Chemins du Baroque', born 25 years ago, undertook from a small town of the Lorraine region, in France, to revive an entire segment of the forgotten history of music: the one from the colonial repertoire of Latin America.
At the end of the road, it has been a unique musical adventure where the human dimension has turned out to be paramount; the experience of meeting and sharing with other people, between Europe and Latin America, between professionals and amateurs, between famous musicians and young talents from all backgrounds.

Today, a leaf is being turned: 'Les Chemins du Baroque' have completed their work on the Latin American continent. A concert was given to mark the event in the very place where it all began: the Jesuit missions in Paraguay. At the heart of the show, a work saved from oblivion: the San Ignacio opera by Domenico Zipoli, formerly known as the Orpheus of the Guarani. Baroque music and Indian songs echo in the legendary ruins of Trinidad and of Jesus, conducted by the great Argentinian Gabriel Garrido...