"Hommage à Gounod" Gounod Birthday Concert

Synopsis

The Palazzetto Bru Zane joins forces with the Orchestre National de France to present a special concert retracing the composer’s career through rare and little-known pieces: his cantata for the 1837 Prix de Rome (Marie Stuart), the unpublished first version of the Poison Aria from Roméo et Juliette, his opera Cinq-Mars (revived only in 2015), excerpts from his epic sacred oratorio Mors et Vita, and the big female duet from Le Tribut de Zamora, the composer’s last opera. As is appropriate for a tribute, the concert also recalls some of Gounod’s greatest successes, with the Overture to Mireille and the Ballet Music from Faust, which have constantly delighted music lovers for more than a century now. "Bravos for the soloists and orchestra!" (Operawire)

Additional Info

• No: A015501260000
• Composer: Charles Gounod
• Conductor: Jesko Sirvend
• Orchestra: Orchestre National de France
• Artists: Elsa Dreisig, Jodie Devos, Kate Aldrich, Yosep Kang, Patrick Bolleire
• Production year: 2018
• Run time: 01:25:00
• Producers: CLC and Radio France in association with ARTE France and UNITEL and with the support of CNC
• Format: 4K