From 1851 on, the original artistic contributions of each Winegrowers Festival was one of the success factors of the event. At the 1851 Festival there was a musical work of a single style for the first time. The original composition written by Fran\u00e7ois Grast and interpreted by 800 choir members brought the Winegrowers Festival very close to opera. However, the libretto was still a more or less cleverly arranged collection of poems by different authors and lacked unity. The gods were more discreet, leaving centre stage to the efforts of Man working the land.<\/p>\n
Abbot-President: Fran\u00e7ois Dujoux
Dancing master: Benjamin Archinard
Music:\u00a0 Fran\u00e7ois Grast
Libretto: Jules M\u00fclhauser \u2013 libretto still a collective work
Costumes and direction: Pierre Lacaze
Sets: Ernest Burnat
Performance in front of the stands followed by the traditional parade through the town with dances performed at the \u201cstations\u201d.<\/p>\n
Louis Peneyres
Fran\u00e7ois L\u00e9cheyres
58 winegrowers also received distinctions and awards<\/p>\n
Large gates and 3 triumphal arches for the gods, described as an amphitheatre with the beginnings of a rear stage
3 massive, square constructions separate from each other, open to the north
8,000 seats<\/p>\n
Six sub-divisions: 4 seasons, Troupe of Honour and Swiss Troupe
Troupe of Honour headed the pageant
Old Swiss Guard in military formation; until then they had only accompanied the pageant and kept order
Bacchus played by a young Englishman staying in Vevey
Cow-herders joined Spring troupe and more cows were added
Goddesses were placed on \u201cancient\u201d floats pulled by oxen, not on palanquins
High Priests replaced Goddesses\u2019 priestesses and sang hymns to the Deities
\u201cIndians\u201d replaced \u201cNegroes\u201d leading Bacchus\u2019s horses
Winter no longer included Noah\u2019s Ark and the Baron, seen as too outdated for the new \u201cRepublican customs\u201d<\/p>\n
900 participants
3 performances
Prices of seats CHF 1.00 to 5.00.
Festival costs CHF 64,850
Deficit CHF 20,367<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
7 \u2013 8 AUGUST 1851: ORIGINAL MUSIC SCORE FOR THE WINEGROWERS FESTIVAL From 1851 on, the original artistic contributions of each Winegrowers Festival was one of the success factors of the event. At the 1851 Festival there was a musical work of a single style for the first time. The original composition written by Fran\u00e7ois […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":864,"parent":1171,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1143","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n