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Placealopera Animation/Réalisation : Sylvia L’Écuyer P L A C E À L ’ O P É R A Les samedis à 12h (heure de l’Est) sur le web icimusique.ca/placealopera Animation/Réalisation : Sylvia L’Écuyer PLACE À L’OPÉRA – ÉTÉ 2019 HOMMAGE À JACQUES OFFENBACH NÉ LE 20 JUIN 1819 22 juin : LA BELLE HÉLÈNE Jessye Norman, John Aller, Charles Burles, Gabriel Bacquier, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Colette Alliot- Lugaz, Jacques Loreau, Roger Trentin, Gérard Desroches, Nicole Carreras, Adam Levallier Le chœur et l’orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse sous la direction de Michel Plasson 29 juin : L’ÎLE DE TULIPATAN Yerry Mertz, Thierry Migliorini, Claudine Granger, Marcelle Rieu, Stéfano Memma, suivi de POMME D’API Claudine Granger, Jacques Ducros, André Payol, Les solistes de Liège sous la direction d’Emmanuel Koch 6 juillet : LA GRANDE DUCHESSE DE GEROLSTEIN Felicity Lott, Sandrine Piau, Yann Beuron, Franck Leguérinel, Eric Huchet, François Leroux, Boris Grappe, Alain Gabriel, Maryline Fallot, Blandine Staskiewicz, Jennifer Tani, Aurélia Legay, Christophe Grapperon Le chœur et l’orchestre des Musiciens du Louvre sous la direction de Marc Minkowski 13 juillet : LA VIE PARISIENNE Marco Bakker, Anneliese Rothenberger, Adolf Dallapozza, Willi Brokmeier, Karl Kreile, Renate Holm Martin Finke, Klaus Hirte, Gabriele Fuchs, Günter Wevel, Elke Schary Le chœur et l’orchestre de la radio bavaroise à Munich sous la direction de Willy Mattes 20 juillet : BA-TA-CLAN Huguette Boulangeot, Raymond Amade, Rémy Corazza, René Terrasson L’orchestre Jean-François Paillard et la Chorale Philippe Caillard sous la direction de Marcel Couraud suivi de LES BAVARDS Huguette Boulangeot, Lina Dachary, Aimé Doniat, René Terrasson, Jean-Christophe Benoît, Joseph Peyron, Jacques Pruvost, René Lenoty, Robert Destain, Pierre Saugey Le chœur et l’orchestre lyrique de l’O.R.T.F. sous la direction de Marcel Couraud 27 juillet : ORPHÉE AUX ENFERS Natalie Dessay, Laurent Naouri, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Yann Beuron, Ewa Podles, Patricia Petibon, Jennifer Smith, Véronique Gens, Lydie Pruvot, Steven Cole, Etienne Lescroart, Virginie Pochon Le chœur et l’orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon et l’orchestre de Chambre de Grenoble sous la direction de Marc Minkowski 3 août : FANTASIO Sarah Connolly, Brenda Rae, Brindley Sherratt, Russell Braun, Robert Murray, Neal Davies, Victoria Simmonds, Aled Hall, Gavan Ring, Michael Burke, Robert Anthony Gardiner, Sir Mark Elder, Nicholas Jenkins Le chœur Opera rara et l’orchestre The Age of Enlightenment sous la direction de Sir Mark Elder 10 août : MESDAMES DE LA HALLE Michel Hamel, Michel Trempont, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Charles Burles, Mady Mesplé, Léonard Pezzino, Jean-Marie Frémeau, Marcel Quillévéré, Monique Pouradier-Duteil, Olympe Dumaine L’Ensemble chorale Jean Laforge et l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo sous la direction de Manuel Rosenthal suivi de MONSIEUR CHOUFLEURI Jean-Philippe Lafont, Mady Mesplé, Charles Burles, Michel Trempont, Michel Hamel, Emmy Greger L’Ensemble chorale Jean Laforge et l’Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo sous la direction de Manuel Rosenthal 17 août : LA PÉRICHOLE Teresa Berganza, José Carreras, Gabriel Bacquier, Michel Sénéchal, Michel Trempont, Pierrette Delange, Michèle Command, Sonia Nigoghossian, Hugues Brambilla, Henry Amiel, André Batisse Le chœur et l’orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse sous la direction de Michel Plasson 24 août : LA FILLE DU TAMBOUR-MAJOR Christiane Harbell, Étienne Arnaud, Louis Musy, Monique de Pondeau, André Mallabrera, Germaine Light, Pierjac, Marcelle Ranson, Jean Chardin Le chœur et l’orchestre symphonique de Paris sous la direction de Richard Blareau 31 août : LES CONTES D’HOFFMANN distribution à confirmer .
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