European Tour
Musical director – Jean-Marie Zeitouni
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto
A European tour of concerts for the release of the Rossini CD by Warner Classics.
La Nuit de la Voix
25th Nuit de la Voix of the Orange Foundation
An exclusive musical evening with major names of jazz, opera, French music and world music, with André Manoukian, Philippe Jaroussky, DIVA, China Moses, Rosemary Standley, Lena Chamamyan, Dom La Nena, Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin, Karina Gauvin and more than forty artists on stage.
Live broadcast on the website of the Fondation Orange and on Radio Classique.
Release of the Rossini album & Beginning of the European tour
The album “Rossini, Sì, sì, sì, sì !”, first album of Marie-Nicole Lemieux with Erato – Warner Classics, recorded in December 2015 with the Orchestre National Montpellier Languedoc Roussillon conducted by Enrique Mazzola is released today !
Today is also marked by the beginning of the European tour with a first concert in Moscow, which will be followed by concerts in Metz on March 11th, in Avignon on March 15th, in Albi on March 19th et at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris) on March 24th.
More information about the concerts, here.
The CD may be purchased, by following this link.
Wesendonck Lieder & Rückert Lieder
Musical director – Fabien Gabel
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto
Orchestre Symphonique de Québec
Program
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act III Prelude
Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Mahler: Blumine, excerpt of the Symphony n°1
Schubert: Symphony n° 8 « Unfinished »
Mahler: Rückert Lieder
Release of the Rossini album on March 3rd by Erato – Warner Classics
“For the beauty of such generous music, for the delectable pleasure and joy of singing that transports you from laughter to tears, I say, ‘Rossini ? Sì, sì, sì, sì!’ ” – Marie-Nicole Lemieux
This Rossini album, which will be released on the 3rd of March 2017, has been recorded in December 2015 in the southern French city of Montpellier, is Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux’s debut album for Erato.
She is joined by Italian soprano Patrizia Ciofi, the orchestra and chorus of the Opéra National Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon and conductor Enrique Mazzola in a richly rewarding programme comprising excerpts from Tancredi (which Lemieux, Ciofi and Mazzola performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris in 2014), L’italiana in Algeri, Semiramide, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Matilda di Shabran, La gazza ladra and La pietra del paragone. In addition, Lemieux and Ciofi sharpen their claws in the famous Duetto dei gatti, which is attributed to Rossini (probably spuriously) because it draws on his opera Otello.
“Rossini has been a revelation for me,” says Canadian contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux. “You have to display virtuosity, but Rossini allows you to breathe … Strangely, with Rossini, you sing twice as much, but you’re half as tired at the end of the performance! Rossini is organic and well crafted, and he understood the voice perfectly.”
You may find on Facebook an exclusive recording of “Cruda sorte” : http://bit.ly/2kL16zQ
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More information here.
Rossini Sì, sì, sì, sì !
Rossini Sì Sì Sì Sì!
Opera Arias & Duets
“For beautiful, somptuous music, for the sheer indulgence and joy of vocal writing that can inspire everything from laughter to tears, I say: Rossini? ‘Sì, sì, sì, sì !” – Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Musical director – Enrique Mazzola
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto
Patrizia Ciofi, soprano
Julien Véronèse, bass
Orchestre national Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
Choeur de l’Opéra national Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon
1. L’italiana in Algeri, “Cruda sorte!”
2. Tancredi, “Oh patria!… Di tanti palpiti”
3. Tancredi, “Fiero incontro!… Lasciami: non t’ascolto”
4. La pietra del paragone, “Quel dirmi, oh Dio!”
5. Semiramide, “In sì barbara sciagura”
6. L’italiana in Algeri, “Amici, in ogni evento… Pensa alla patria”
7. Matilde di Shabran, “Sazia tu fossi alfine…Ah! Perché, perché la morte”
8. La gazza ladra, “Deh, pensa che domani… E ben, per mia memoria”
9. Il barbiere di Siviglia, “Una voce poco fa”
10. Duetto buffo di due gatti
International release date: 3rd March 2017 by Warner Classics
Bizet: Carmen
Musical director – Simone Young
Carmen – Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Don José – Michael Spyres
Micaëla – Vannina Santoni
Escamillo – Jean-Sébastien Bou
Frasquita – Chantal Santon-Jeffery
Mercédès – Ahlima Mhamdi
Moralès – Frédéric Goncalves
Le Dancaïre – Francis Dudziak
Remendado – Rodolphe Briand
Zuniga – Jean Teitgen
Orchestre National de France
Chœur de Radio France
Maîtrise de Radio France direction Sofi Jeannin
Concert of Les Victoires de la Musique Classique
Marie-Nicole Lemieux is invited by Les Victoires de la Musique Classique for the concert of Wednesday 1st February. An evening hosted by Leïla Kaddour-Boudadi and Frédéric Lodéon, and broadcasted live on France 3 and on France Musique !
Handel: Rodelinda
Musical director – Maxim Emelyanychev
Rodelinda – Karina Gauvin
Bertarido – Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Eduige – Romina Basso
Unulfo – David DQ Lee
Garibaldo – Konstantin Wolff
Grimoaldo – Johannes Weisser
Il Pomo d’Oro
Marie-Nicole awarded of the Ordre du Canada
Marie-Nicole Lemieux has had the honor of receiving from the general governor of Canada David Johnston, the insignia of the Ordre du Canda.
Crédit photographique – © Radio Canada