The Ambronay Festival is a French opera festival and early music festival.[1]
The festival has been running in October for 30 years[2] and previously produced recordings with labels such as the Auvidis label.[3] 7 of 14 early recordings were with Jordi Savall. Since 2005 the Festival has been issuing recordings on its own label, Ambronay Éditions. More recently Leonardo García-Alarcón has been a regular performer and recording artist.
The main venue is the Benedictine Abbey Notre-Dame d'Ambronay of the village of Ambronay. The abbey has an exceptional acoustic.[4] In the abbey performing spaces are: Tour Dauphine, Chapiteau, Abbatiale. Other venues include the Théâtre de Bourg-en-Bresse, Monastery of Brou, also at Bourg-en-Bresse, Théâtre des Augustins in Montluel, the Abbaye Saint-Martin d'Ainay, Lyon, and Belley Cathedral.
There is a theme for the festival each year:[5]
Recordings issued under the festival's own label, Ambronay Éditions include:
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