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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)

2

Osvaldo Golijov, Ainadamar

Mariana, tus ojos

3

Manuel de Falla, La vida breve

Tableau 2, scène 4 : Danza

4

Benjamin Britten, Peter Grimes

Interlude IV

5

John Adams, Doctor Atomic

I, 4: "Batter my heart"

6

Richard Wagner, Lohengrin, WWV 75

I: Prelude (orchestral)

7

Richard Strauss, Der Rosenkavalier

III: Trio "Marie Theres / Hab' mir's gelobt"

8

Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff

III, 2: "Alto là! - Chi va là?"

9

Claude Joseph Rouget de l'Isle, La Marseillaise

Gustavo Dudamel conducts Bizet, de Falla, Golijov, Britten, Adams, Wagner, Strauss, and Verdi

Gustavo Dudamel's inaugural concert at the Opéra de Paris

Concert
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Cast

Clémentine Margaine — Carmen

Matthew Polenzani — Don José

Ekaterina Gubanova — Mezzo-soprano

Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur — Mezzo-soprano

Gerald Finley — Bass-baritone

Program notes

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

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