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Program

Henri Duparc, L'Invitation au voyage

Henri Duparc, Phidylé

Henri Duparc, La Vie antérieure

Charles Gounod, L'Absent

Gabriel Fauré, Au cimetière

Gabriel Fauré, Chanson d'amour

Gabriel Fauré, Larmes

Gabriel Fauré, Puisque j’ai mis ma lèvre à ta coupe

Jules Massenet, Manon

II: "En fermant les yeux"

III: "Je suis seul...Ah fuyez, douce image!"

Jules Massenet, Werther

III: "Toute mon âme est là ! Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle du printemps"

Charles Gounod, Romeo and Juliet

II, 7: "L'amour! l'amour!... Ah! lève-toi, soleil!"

V, 22: "C'est la!...Salut! tombeau! sombre et silencieux!"

Georges Bizet, Carmen

II: "La fleur que tu m'avais jetée" (Don José)

Jacques Offenbach, The Tales of Hoffmann

"Va pour Kleinzach!"

Georges Bizet, Carmen

IV: "C'est toi! - C'est-moi!" (Carmen, Don José)

Benjamin Bernheim and Florence Boissolle perform French songs and opera arias

Tenor and piano recital at the Opéra National de Bordeaux

Cast

Benjamin Bernheim — Tenor

Florence Boissolle — Pianist

Aude Extrémo — Mezzo-soprano

Program notes

Star tenor Benjamin Bernheim and pianist Florence Boissolle present a recital of French songs and opera arias at the Grand-Théâtre de Bordeaux.

Concert highlights include Duparc's entrancing L'Invitation au voyage, Gounod's haunting L'Absent, and Fauré's dramatic Au cimetière and Larmes. The program's second half is dedicated to a musical journey through the greatest masterpieces of the French operatic repertoire, performing arias from Manon, Werther, Roméo et Juliette, Carmen, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, among others.

With a voice that is "flawless and pure, ranging from delicate pianissimo to heroic fortissimo" (Opera News), Benjamin Bernheim has performed on stages the world over, bringing to life characters as diverse as Rodolfo in La Bohème, Lenski in Eugene Onegin, Alfredo Germont in La Traviata, Nemorino in L'Elisir d'amore, and Faust in the eponymous opera.

Photo: Benjamin Bernheim © Julien Benhamou

A closer look: featured composers

Jules Massenet

Jacques Offenbach

Georges Bizet

Charles Gounod

Gabriel Fauré

Further listening: featured works

Manon

Jules Massenet (Composer)

The Tales of Hoffmann

Jacques Offenbach (Composer)

Carmen

Georges Bizet (Composer)

Faust

Charles Gounod (Composer)

Werther

Jules Massenet (Composer)

Romeo and Juliet

Charles Gounod (Composer)