The Palazz­etto Bru Zane — Centre de musique romantique française explores the music of the French Romantic peri­od. Since its found­a­tion in 2009, it has sig­ni­fic­antly expan­ded the rep­er­toire of this event­ful peri­od in the 19^th cen­tury. Opheli­a’s Cul­ture PR has been sup­port­ing the Palazz­etto Bru Zane Found­a­tion in Ger­man-speak­ing coun­tries since 2012. The com­bin­a­tion of research, edit­or­i­al work and per­form­ance prac­tice has become a prime example of applied musi­co­logy. The privately fun­ded insti­tu­tion owes its name to its loc­a­tion — a 17^th cen­tury Vene­tian palace — and its pat­ron Nicole Bru.

The three annu­al fest­ivals of the “Palazz­etto” in Venice and Par­is are the beacons at which key themes such as com­poser anniversar­ies as well as soci­olo­gic­al and his­tor­ic­al aspects of music are high­lighted. In recent years, the focus has been on the mul­ti­fa­ceted genre of oper­etta with the work of Jacques Offen­bach and his con­tem­por­ar­ies, music against the back­drop of the First World War, Napo­leon and music, but also the redis­cov­ery of numer­ous unknown female com­posers. Opheli­a’s Cul­ture PR organ­izes press trips and launches reviews of the record­ings of the in-house label. These reg­u­larly receive inter­na­tion­al awards.

The Palazz­etto Bru Zane is an indis­pens­able guard­i­an and ambas­sad­or of the French Romantic music rep­er­toire — a place that pre­serves his­tory and at the same time brings it to life by open­ing up new per­spect­ives on Roman­ti­cism and provid­ing a stage for lively inter­pret­a­tions of this music.