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Georges Bizet, Carmen
- Prelude
- "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"
- II: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José)
- IV: "Les voici! voici la quadrille!" (Chorus)
Osvaldo Golijov, Ainadamar
- Mariana, tus ojos
Manuel de Falla, La vida breve
- Tableau 2, scène 4 : Danza
Benjamin Britten, Peter Grimes
- Interlude IV
John Adams, Doctor Atomic
- I, 4: "Batter my heart"
Richard Wagner, Lohengrin, WWV 75
- I: Prelude (orchestral)
Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier
- III: Trio "Marie Theres / Hab' mir's gelobt"
Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff
- III, 2: "Alto là! - Chi va là?"
Claude Joseph Rouget de l'Isle, La Marseillaise

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concert Gustavo Dudamel conducts Bizet, de Falla, Golijov, Britten, Adams, Wagner, Strauss, and Verdi Gustavo Dudamel's inaugural concert at the Opéra de Paris

Gustavo Dudamel's inaugural concert at the Opéra de Paris

Gustavo Dudamel conducts Bizet, de Falla, Golijov, Britten, Adams, Wagner, Strauss, and Verdi Gustavo Dudamel's inaugural concert at the Opéra de Paris

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Witness history happening on medici.tv! Join the fiery Gustavo Dudamel at Paris's exquisite Palais Garnier for his inaugural concert as Music Director of the Paris Opera, kicking off a six-year tenure that promises great things to come. Beginning with scenes from Bizet’s legendary Carmen, this feast of a program takes you from Verdi’s Falstaff to John Adams’s Doctor Atomic, from Wagner’s Lohengrin to Britten’s Peter Grimes, and through works by Strauss, Falla, and Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov. Joining the maestro is a marquee lineup of opera stars like sopranos Jacquelyn Wagner and Sabine Devieilhe, tenor Matthew Polenzani, and bass-baritone Gerald Finley—a star-studded cast to match the momentous occasion!

Photo: Gustavo Dudamel © Smallz + Raskind

Cast

Clémentine Margaine | Carmen
Matthew Polenzani | Don José

Ekaterina Gubanova | Mezzo-soprano
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur | Mezzo-soprano

Gerald Finley | Bass-baritone

Jacquelyn Wagner | Soprano
Sabine Devieilhe | Soprano
Ekaterina Gubanova | Mezzo-soprano

Gerald Finley | Falstaff
Jacquelyn Wagner | Alice
Sabine Devieilhe | Nanetta
Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur | Meg
Clémentine Margaine | Quickly
Matthew Polenzani | Fenton
Tobias Westman | Bardolfo
Kiup Lee | Dr. Cajus
Timothée Varon | Ford
Aaron Pendleton | Pistola

Chœurs du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine
Ching-Lien Wu | Chorus director

Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
Gustavo Dudamel | Music director

Program

Georges Bizet, Carmen
- Prelude
- "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"
- II: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José)
- IV: "Les voici! voici la quadrille!" (Chorus)
Osvaldo Golijov, Ainadamar
- Mariana, tus ojos
Manuel de Falla, La vida breve
- Tableau 2, scène 4 : Danza
Benjamin Britten, Peter Grimes
- Interlude IV
John Adams, Doctor Atomic
- I, 4: "Batter my heart"
Richard Wagner, Lohengrin, WWV 75
- I: Prelude (orchestral)
Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier
- III: Trio "Marie Theres / Hab' mir's gelobt"
Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff
- III, 2: "Alto là! - Chi va là?"
Claude Joseph Rouget de l'Isle, La Marseillaise