Summer Gala
Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal, Lisette Oropesa
A summer opera gala needs Mozart's lightness, Verdi's, Puccini's and Mascagni's somewhat lusher southern flavour and French esprit. Yannick Nézet-Séguin, New York's Metropolitan Opera star Lisette Oropesa and the Orchestre Métropolitain de Montréal bring precisely this mixture to the Baden-Baden Summer Festival. Excerpts from operas such as ‘The Marriage of Figaro’, ‘La Traviata’ and ‘Cavalleria Rusticana’ will be combined with French opera gems that inspire all the senses. Gounod's ‘Roméo et Juliette’ and Bizet's ‘Carmen-Suite’ will take us back to Baden-Baden, where these composers were among the summer guests when the city was still known as ‘La Capitale d'Été’. Opera stars from New York and one of the best orchestras on the North American continent are the capital's favourite guests. Bienvenue, welcome, willkommen!
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Overture and Contessas aria „E Susanna non vien!... Dove sono i bei momenti“
from „Le Nozze di Figaro“
Jules Massenet (1842-9112)
Méditation from „Thaïs”
Manon's aria „Allons! Il le faut!... Adieu, notre petite table“ from „Manon“
Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
„Carmen“ Suite No. 1
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
Juliettes arias „Je veux vivre“ and „Amour, ranime mon courage“ from „Roméo et Juliette“
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Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Overture (Preludio) and Violetta Valérys aria „Ah fors'è lui... Sempre libera“ from „La Traviata“
Overture to „La Forza del Destino“
Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)
Intermezzo from „Cavalleria Rusticana“
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Magdas aria „Chi il bel sogno di Doretta“ from „La Rondine“
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Overture and Kunigundes aria „Glitter and be Gay“ from „Candide“
Ruperto Chapí (1851-1909)
Luisas romance „Carceleras” from „Las Hijas del Zebedeo“
Estimated end time: 21:00
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