1. Staged Opera
At the core of this energetic comedy is a thought-provoking dialogue about the eternal tensions between ‘high’ and ‘low’ art, and the very purpose of art and music. Katie Mitchell’s imaginative production is a real gem.
Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride inspired new emotions and created a neo Greek tragedy. In Robert Carsen’s stunning production made of contrasts and uncluttered spaces, Gaëlle Arquez and Stéphane Degout will fulfil the oracle’s prediction.
2. Opera for young public
Carmen, The Circus Star is presented in an hour-long French adaptation for young and family audiences. Everything has been thought so that you could sing with the artsits. But don’t worry, a vocal workshop is alredy planed for you all on Saturday 4th of May.
3. Concert version of opera - Oratorio
Its subject – the sorceress Armide’s impossible love for the knight Renaud – is borrowed from Jerusalem Delivered by the Italian poet Torquato Tasso.
Brenda Rae stars in the title role. Harry Bicket, the inspirational director of The English Concert and The Clarion Choir takes the conductor’s baton.
To magnify this splendid composition, Václav Luks conducts the National French Orchestra, with a beautiful cast – Emöke Baráth, Krešimir Stražanac, Maximilian Schmitt for a deeply moving interpretation.
Hyppolite and Aricie’s exceptional orchestration, the melodic invention of each minute, and the magnificence of the voices will be embody by french conductor Emmanuelle Haïm and the beautiful cast - Stéphanie D’Oustrac, Cyrille Dubois and Mélissa Petit.
Agrippina gave the young Haendel his chance to establish his reputation as an opera composer in Italy. For this concert version, you will have the chance to listen to a the world-class cast such as Joyce DiDonato, Franco Fagioli, Kathryn Lewek Poppea, Luca Pisaroni Claudio, Marie-Nicole Lemieux …
Manoëla loves Alvarès but hates Guardona. Accused of bigamy she is protected by Master Péronilla, her affectionate father and chocolate maker. Thanks to a subterfuge, one of the marriages is cancelled.
This opera in concert is surely a tremendous time to share with Véronique Gens, the great cast and the French national orchestra
4. Orchestra
After stepping down as Rotterdam’s music director and joining New York Metropolitan Opera Yannick Nézet-Séguin will no longer be seen often in Europe. But he continues his appearances with the orchestra, as honorary conductor. His first concert in that new role opens with Mahler’s searing Totenfeier, the original version of his Second Symphony. The main work is a rare performance of Shostakovich’s poignant and profoundly human Thirteenth, with Mikhail Petrenko as the best conceivable soloist.
Together, they perform Schoenberg’s Night of transfigured, Mozart n° 3 K. 216 violin concerto, Haydn’s symphony n° 80 Hob. I:80 and finally Mendelssoh n° 2 op. 64 violin concerto.
For Robert and Clara Schumann - a gifted pianist and composer - the universal language of music was their personal language of love.
And with Johannes Brahms they were the most famous love triangle in the history of Western music. His Symphony n° 2 op. 7 is clearly dedicated to Clara.
A great live performance of Tchaikovsky’s final symphony is among the richest emotional experiences in classical music. The composer himself called it ‘the best thing I have composed or will ever compose’, and to many listeners it encompasses hope and despair, joy and heartbreak, life and death. Alongside, internationally-acclaimed violinist Vadim Repin brings her exceptional musicianship to Sibelius’s Violin Concerto. It casts its spell with soulful melody, rhythmic power and flights of virtuosity.
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra governed collectively was founded in 1997 based on the shared vision of being a free and international ensemble, dedicated to creating and sharing exceptional experiences in classical music.
Leif Ove Andsnes directs Mozart’s concertos from the piano and Matthew Truscott the 83 Haydn’s symphony from his violon.
An evening with Ravel
The French conductor Louis Langrée, Cincinnati Symphonic orchestra music director has resumed since 2017, his brilliant collaboration with French Champs-Elysées Orchestra. Guest Anne Sofie von Otter will perform Shéhérazade poems.
Gražinytė-Tyla has electrified audiences as a guest conductor all over the world. Discover her as CBSO’s Music Director with pianist Yuja Wang, another prodigy. The concert will open with Prokofiev’s 5rd piano concerto, then Brahms 2nd Symphony.
A close musical friendship has now linked Mariss Jansons and the Vienna Philharmonic over decades. Mariss Jansons, is a conductor who is always searching and tirelessly striving for the most intensive musical statement.
The orchestra will perform Schumann’s Spring Symphony, then Berlioz Fantastic Symphony.
5. Vocal Recital
Mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa and pianist Fazil Say share some tantalising, captivating and sensuous Secrets in this concert of songs, centred on Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Satie, Duparc and Fazıl Say's own Gezi Park 3 – which he and Crebassa premiered in 2014.
Philippe Jaroussky’s singing has been described as divine. His voice can reach jubilantly to incredible height. After successful forays into 19th century France, as well as Bach and Telemann, Jaroussky now returns to his roots together with his Ensemble Artaserse : Monteverdi, Cavalli’s arias, which – with their fine melodics and deep emotionality – seem to have been made for him.
Emmanuelle Haïm and the Concert d’Astrée are fantastic, working intuitively and intelligently with Sandrine Piau and Tim Mead to bring Haendel’s arias and duos to life. This is a wonderful concert, bringing a new understanding to some of Haendel’s desperate lovers.
6. Recital - Chamber Music
PARIS-NEW YORK
For more than 70 years, Pablo Casals Festival has presented its repertoire at The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.
For this concert, It is to a journey between Paris and New York that we are invited with Debussy, Ravel, Bernstein and Gershwin pieces.
With dazzling precision, virtuosity and undeniable depth, Alexei Volodin impresses audiences wherever he plays.
He will perform pieces from Tchaïkovski, Balakirev and Medtner.
Nikolaï Lugansky is a pianist of extraordinary depth and versatility. He will explore the rich textural romantic tapestry of Rachmaninov, Debussy and Scriabine.
David Fray and his friend Renaud Capuçon are part of a remarkable younger generation of French instrumentalists with much to say and the artistry to express it.
Their exceptional duo has earned ravish critiques and has been described as a “Poetical celebration of two artists who embody their instruments and in result deliver emotional performances”.
This 5th Brahms concert brings together international talented artists around Sunwook Kim and Edgar Moreau. They will perform n° 2 op. 99 cello sonata, n° 2 op. 111 String quintet and n°1 op. 18 string sextet.
This 6th Brahms concert following the one presented the day before with the same generation of brilliant musicians, will give an extraordinary performance interpreting n° 1 op. 88 striing quintet, n° 1 op. 38 cello sonata and n° 2 op. 36 string sextet.
Acclaimed for his exceptional technique and translucent sound, Berezovsky will no doubt give an exhilarating performance playing Bach, Mendelssohn, Hindemith, Glazounov and Chostakovitch’s pieces.
VIENNE-PRAGUE
For more than 70 years, Pablo Casals Festival has presented its repertoire at The Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.For this concert, It is to a journey between Vienna and Prague that we are invited with Korngold, Dvořák and Beethoven pieces.
Time for the 7th Brahms concert with three generations of great musicians. Their true complicity will be revealed as soon as they will begin to play n° 1 op. 8, n° 2 op. 87, n° 3 op. 101 string and piano trios.
In recent years, we have witnessed a new generation of Chinese pianists emerging on the international scene, some of whom are now very famous. Others are being supported by the Académie France-Chine. Established by Zhu Xiao-Mei, the Academy aims to allow young Chinese artists to enhance their skills while immersing themselves in French and European culture.
This last and final concert of the magnificent Brahms Journey ends with Renaud Capuçon and Nicholas Angelich. They will perform the three mature piano & violin sonatas. The lyrical first sonata takes its subtitle from the song whose nostalgic theme appears in the outer movements; the radiant second and tougher third were both completed during happy summers spent on the shores of Lake Thun in Switzerland.
David Fray ends his season Carte Blanche with Bach’s Goldberg Variations
With its gorgeous opening aria setting up the wondrous 30 transformations that follow, we can expect David Fray to bring his blend of virtuosity, expressivity, warmth and thrills to this monument of the keyboard literature.
7. Dance
Two stellar choreographers, twoo distinct visions of dance craft and imagination Full of briliiant detail yet airy in effect. William Forsythe Pas /Parts 2018 is a world where dancers shape time with jazzy syncopation, langourous melody and sweeping musicality. The french première of Playlist (EP) will also be the event of the evening along with Jiří Kylián’s Wings of Wax.
Each performance is an invitation to a fascinating journey : the bald heads; the blank expressions made blanker still by the white powder that covers the dancers’ bodies; the creeping trajectories across the stage; the silent, open-mouthed cries of inexpressible anguish; the stunning physical mastery and control of the subtlest alterations in position.
8. Sunday Morning Concerts
French pianist Adam Laloum is a musician of extraordinary technical prowess. He is always searching poeticism in each performances. He designed a programme made of Beethoven, Brahms and Schumann’s pieces.
+ Special treat for children under 9, free ticket for them.
The outstanding Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski joins the Belcea Quartet to perform works of light and shadow by Haydn, and Shostakovich. Described as ‘technically accomplished and uncommonly probing’ by The New York Times, the quartet has appeared many times at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. The Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski has gained a cult following with his thoughtful performances.
+ Special treat for children under 9: free ticket for them.
+ How does it work exactly ? Workshop open to children from 4 to 6 while you attend the concert.
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Javier Perianes has just been announced as ‘Artist of the Year’ 2019 by the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA).
He returns to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées with a programme featuring works by Chopin, Albéniz and Falla.
+ Special treat for children under 9: free ticket for them.
+As if you were in a movie Workshop open to children from 4 to 6 while you attend the concert.
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Lucas Debargue to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées accompanied by two of his conservatory classmates, David and Alexandre Castro-Balbi, who give this new star of French piano the chance to explore the immeasurable terrain of Shostakovitch chamber music. They also perform a Trio for strings and piano Lucas Debargue recently composed.
+ Special treat for children under 9, free ticket for them.
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Bach Solo violin
Christian Tetzlaff presents a recital of Bach masterpieces for solo violin. He designed a programme made of partita and sonatas.
+ Special treat for children under 9, free ticket for them.
+ How does it work exactly ? Workshop open to children from 4 to 6 while you attend the concert.
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Jean-Claude Malgloire - recently gone - always loved to bring pieces to life with expressive fervour. He designed a programme made of two Stabat mater one by Alessandro Scarlatti, the other by Pergolesi.
+ Special treat for children under 9, free ticket for them.
+ As if you were in a movie Workshop is open to children from 4 to 6 while you attend the concert.
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Acclaimed for his ‘brilliant yet clear-minded’ musicianship, Benjamin Grosvenor returns to the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, with a recital dedicated to Schumann, Janáček, Bellini/Liszt.
+ Special treat for children under 9, free ticket for them.
+ Storyteller Workshop open to children from 4 to 6 while you attend the concert
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Trio Wanderer quite deserves their stage-name. Indeed, “Wanderer” pays homage to Schubert, and more widely to German Romanticism.
Acclaimed for its extraordinarily sensitive style, almost telepathic understanding of each other and technical mastery, the Trio Wanderer is one of the world’s foremost chamber ensembles. They will perform pieces from Liszt, Suk and Rachmaninov.
A brilliant comedy and Last morning Concert of the Season
Come and enjoy a delightful one-act farce of a young gentle woman, her maid, and the men that want to marry them !
+ Special treat for children under 9, free ticket for them.
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