High Life

104 品 In response to the Protestant Reformation, the Council of Trent was convened in the mid-16th century, heralding the Counter-Reformation. At the ecumenical council, the Roman Catholic Church advanced that art should be able to communicate religious ideas in a directly emotional manner. Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater is a prime example of thismovement. That an annual Baroque Music Festival is held in Macau, the very first Roman Catholic Diocese in the Far East, is inherently purposeful, for if there is a baroque capital in Asia, it must be the City of the Name of God. 澳门陆军俱乐部董事局成员 Manuel Geraldes、澳门法国文化协会主管 William Bascaule 及法国尼斯歌剧院节目及公关部主管 Gilles Sestrin MANUEL GERALDES, MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MACAU MILITARY CLUB, WILLIAM BASCAULE, DIRECTOR OF ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE DE MACAO AND GILLES SESTRIN, DIRECTOR OF EVENTS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS FOR THE OPÉRA NICE CÔTE D'AZUR