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This Sunday afternoon, the Friends of the Château de Sully organized an opera concert in the ballroom of the Château de Sully. The ambition of this event was to publicize the renovation project of the Little Italian Theater nestled in the heart of the Château's outbuildings, while offering everyone the opportunity to attend a high quality musical moment.

 

More than 110 people came to listen to the Dijon trio Clair-Obscur Lyrique on the theme “If love was sung to me”.

The ballroom of the Château de Sully has perfect acoustics for this type of event, and its sumptuous setting has made it possible to highlight the real talent of the trio.

At the end of the concert, a surprise was offered to the public by eight dancers from the Imperial Quadrille of Besançon, dressed up for the occasion. A glass of friendship and a snack closed this moment in the greatest conviviality.

 

After the show, the Friends of the Château exceptionally opened the Theater and carried out visits with rich commentary. This society theater dates from approximately 1845, and has all the characteristics of an Italian-style theater in the First Empire style. It is the only one of this type in Saône-et-Loire with Digoine. It has, among other things, a balcony, a stage cage, a ceiling magnificently decorated with musical instruments, benches in the form of an arc and superb stage decorations. It is unfortunately now in danger and requires urgent renovation to be saved. Its renovation would make it possible to open it to the public and to organize small concerts, readings or even plays for young and old...

It is this dream that runs through the minds of the Friends of Château de Sully who created their association in 2014 in order to participate in the development and influence of this site.