French artists, musicians and writers from Parisยs Beautiful Era inspired tonightยs Da Camera performance, ยLa Belle รpoque.ย Recalling the all-too-brief but lovely time at the turn of the century when everyone in Europe was actually getting along, French baritone Franรงois Le Roux and pianist Sarah Rothenberg deliver the audience to an imagined Left Bank party. They will be performing music from Franceยs greatest composers, including Saint-Saรซns, Reynaldo Hahn, Massenet, Debussy, Augusta Holmes and Gounod. New Yorker music critic Alex Ross will do a pre-concert talk. (Ohhh, that is fancy!) 8 p.m. Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, 800 Bagby. For information, call 713-524-5050 or visit www.dacamera.com. $22 to $38.
Fri., Nov. 2, 8 p.m., 2007
This article appears in Nov 1-7, 2007.