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- Billy Budd is an innocent, naïve seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
- Inspired by the French pointillist painter Georges Seurat's painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. The plot revolves around George, a fictionalized version of Seurat, who immerses himself deeply in painting his masterpiece, and his great-grandson (also named George), a conflicted and cynical contemporary artist.
- Dutch free jazz band and improvisation masters Instant Composers Pool (ICP) Orchestra, recorded live on March 7, 2003, at Théâtre des Bergeries, in Noisy-Le-Sec, during the 20th Banlieues Bleues Festival/Jazz in Seine-Saint-Denis.
- While best known today for having composed the ending to Puccini's unfinished Turandot, Franco Alfano wrote some dozen operas, including Cyrano de Bergerac (1936) with a libretto by Henri Cain based on Edmond Rostand's drama of the same name. It is a moving tale of romantic misunderstanding, swashbuckling bravado and heartbreaking loyalty, in which the eloquent Cyrano feels unable to express his love for Roxane because of his famously protuberant nose--except on behalf of his handsome but inarticulate friend, Christian. When Domingo and Radvanovsky sang Cyrano and Roxane at New York's Metropolitan Opera, Andante magazine wrote: "Incredibly, Cyrano is his 121st role. And it suits him splendidly...Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky was luminous as Roxane, her passionate outbursts showing off her powerful upper register to good effect".
- Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra host a program that's wall-to-wall music.
- As the first collaboration ever between conductor William Christie and director Luc Bondy, this production of Hercules was the major event of the 2004 opera season. Originally Created in Aix-en-Provence in July 2004, the show then moved on to the Palais Garnier in Paris where it was recorded in December of the same year. The Hercules received the student prize at the Golden Prague 2005.
- The story of Don Juan set to music by Mozart in 1787.
- Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il Trovatore, based on the eponymous play by Spanish playwright Antonio García Gutiérrez, takes us to 15th c. northern Spain to witness the tragic destiny of those under the control of Azucena, who is seeking to avenge the death of his mother. The first percussion notes are solemn, setting the tone for Verdi's masterpiece, whose main themes include abandonment, passion, power, love for one's parents and vengeance. This production marked the debut of Russian stage director Dmitri Tcherniakov at La Monnaie and the first Verdi interpretation by Marc Minkowski.
- Dreaming of a better life, migrants from the Northeast of Brazil speak about the city of São Paulo, and sing it in prose, songs, stories and multiple sounds.
- For several months, Jacob has been developing with MIT a never before seen device. He will perform for the first time in France this year at the Jazz à Vienne Festival, Recognized by important artists and music critics, multi-instrumentalist Jacob Collier is a true 21st century prodigy. He combines different styles in his creations and interpretations. Funk, a capella, groove, jazz, improvisations, classical music, bossa nova, soul... His repertoire is full of all genres and his performances are based on many instrumental techniques. He is complete, imposing a new meaning to this adjective that qualifies him. Jacob does everything himself (sound and video production). A sort of contemporary Prince, he is congratulated by some of the biggest names in the jazz scene: Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea... Raphael Saadiq also says he is a big fan of his music.
- A documentary about musique concrète and electronic music, from Luigi Russolo's manifesto "The art of noises" (1913) to the new generation. We discover a large history of electro-acoustic music. Some composers as François Bayle, Michel Chion, Christian Zanési, Emilie Simon, Kasper T. Toeplitz, Teho Teardo talk about how (and why) they create experimental pieces. It's a discovery of a new gender of music often considered as too elitist.
- A dramatic, energetic adaptation of Heinz Spoerli's ballet based on Grieg's Peer Gynt by the Zurich ballet. Marijn Rademaker is excellent as the title character, clearly telegraphing the emotional range required. Each of the characters and the dramatic scenes are supported by the orchestral passages and songs provided by Grieg; some spoken word passages extracted from the Ibsen play.
- Leonora poses as a prison guard named Fidelio in order to rescue her death row husband.
- This film follows dancer Ulyana Lopatkina, and the art that is her life passion. She dances in Swan Lake and according to specialized critics, she is to date the most beautiful swan they ever seen in the history of classical ballet.
- Inspired by "Pandora's Box" by Frank Wedekind, Lulu describes the social ascent and the demise of a deadly woman, driven by men to behave in murder, to her own. dead.
- Ten years after his death, the Paris Opera Ballet payed homage to the American choreographer who considered the Paris Opera as his second home after New York City Ballet. The three pieces performed here illustrate not only the diversity of the choreographer's repertoire and sources of inspiration, but also his love of music and his all-embracing attitude to the performing arts. Jerome Robbins brought new energy to classical dance, introducing 20th century urban rhythms, confirming its status as a modern entertainment form and instilling it with the interrogations of contemporary theatre.
- A new full-length ballet choreographed by Ted Brandsen for Dutch National Ballet, to a new orchestral score by Tarik O'Regan.
- Prince Paris of Troy runs away with Queen Helene of Sparta!
- A magical version of Tchaikovsky's masterpiece by the Zurich Ballet and choreographer Heinz Spoerli.
- Alsina, the Witch Queen of the Magic Island transforms her lovers into rocks and trees when she tires of them. At the opening of this opera, however, she is experiencing a new emotion: love. But Alcina is too tough to die for love, though her magic powers disappear when she falls in love with a man. Now she is forced to deal with the infections of doubt, jealousy and mortality.
- Three witches predict a royal destiny for the valiant Macbeth. With the assistance of his wife, he succumbs to the lure of power and takes advantage of a stay at the castle of King Duncan to brutally murder him. An infernal spiral of crimes gnaws away at the sanity of Lady Macbeth who gives in to madness. Verdi versus Shakespeare This first confrontation between Verdi and the immense Shakespeare was the start of a genuine artistic love affair between the composer and the playwright. It was followed by the tragedy Othello and the comedy Falstaff, before the musician took with him to his grave a hypothetical King Lear which is said to have haunted his musical desires for several decades. Verdi immediately wished his work to be equal to the drama and explored new ways of composing by enlarging stages and using audacious harmonies to underline the dark side of the tale. Through its aesthetic aspects, Macbeth represents an essential turning point in the history of romantic opera. A remarkable work, Macbeth does not propose a leading role to the traditional opera tenor, nor does it include an impassioned love story. By focusing on the complex psychological aspects of the characters and by writing them as consumed by fantastic visions, psychic disorders and madness, Verdi provides the singers with a formidable range of emotions. This new production by the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège will round off the season on a powerful note.
- Reunited in Cully this year, the three members of the Ceramic Dog project can best be described as the troublemakers, the unclassifiables or the exceptions of contemporary jazz. Led by guitarist Marc Ribot, the trio usually walks on stage with the same potential as a grenade that forgot to go off. Shamelessly powerful in hard rock and extreme sound, Ceramic Dog brought out Your Turn in 2003, a second album that has the merit of making all opinions agree: this band is on the verge of madness and its music, crafted for the live experience, makes absolutely no concessions.