Musical director – Fabio Luisi
Stage director- David Pountney
Riccardo – Marcelo Alvarez
Renato – George Petean
Amelia – Sondra Radvanovsky
Ulrica – Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Oscar – Sen Guo
Silvano – Yuriy Tsiple
Giudice – Otar Jorjikia
Samuele – Ildo Song
Tom – Dimitri Pkhaladze
Servo d’Amelia – Trystan Llŷr Griffiths
Philharmonia Zürich
Chor der Oper Zürich
As patron of Tous à l’Opéra ! this year, Marie-Nicole Lemieux offers a surprise concert.
with Julie Depardieu (actress), Daniel Blumenthal (pianist) and surprise guests…
Free admission without reservation subject to availability. Tickets distributed on the day of the concert from 19:15.
Marie-Nicole Lemieux is the patron of the 2017 edition of Tous à l’Opéra ! which will take place on Saturday 6 et Sunday 7 May.
To open this event, she has chosen to offer a surprise concert at the Opéra Comique on Friday 5 May at 20:30. She has invited the actress Julie Depardieu, the pianist Daniel Blumenthal, as well as artists whose names are kept secret !
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Musical director – John Nelson
Didon – Joyce Di Donato
Énée – Michael Spyres
Chorèbe – Stéphane Degout
Cassandre – Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Ascagne – Marianne Crebassa
Anna – Hannah Hipp
Narbal – Philippe Sly
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
Badische Staatsopernchor, dir. Ulrich Wagner
Choeur de l’Opéra national du Rhin, dir. Sandrine Abello
Choeur de l’OPS, dir. Catherine Bolzinger
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.
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.
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.
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
“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
To buy the album, click here.
More information here.
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