The Troja Chateau on the outskirts of Prague, built in the late 17th century in the style of a Roman villa by a Franco-Italian team of architects Jean-Baptiste Mathey and Giovanni Domenico Orsi, reflects the ways in which the French Baroque grew out of the Italian Baroque. After all, some “French” masters were even born in Italy. A good example is the Florence-born Giovanni Battista Lulli, known to the world as the French master Jean-Baptiste Lully. The program by the French ensemble Les Folies françoisesand the soprano Daniela Skorka from Israel will show that a number of other composers employed at the Versailles court looked up at their Italian “cradle” in awe and with thankfulness. The focus of their admiration is often Venice which beg to be portrayed.

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