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Programme De La Saison 2019/2020 C ercle Richard Wagner Annecy- Savoie 14 rue des Tilleuls – 74000 Annecy Tel : 06 88 97 68 56 e-mail : [email protected] Site : www.cerclewagner74.com Programme de la saison 2019/2020 Dimanche 13 Octobre 2019 15h OPÉRA Opéra de Lyon Guillaume Tell (Gioacchino Rossini) Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opéra de Lyon Daniele Rustioni (dm) / Tobias Kratzer (ms) Nicola Alaimo/Enkeledja Shkoza/John Osborn/ Jane Archibald Samedi 19 Octobre 15h CONFÉRENCE Espace Y. Martinet, Annecy « De Wagner à Brecht : les racines de la mise en scène à l’opéra » Par Guy CHERQUI - Entrée non adhérent : 5€ Dimanche 20 Octobre 15h OPÉRA Grand Théâtre, Genève Aïda (Giuseppe Verdi) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Chœurs du Grand Théâtre Antonino Fogliani (dm) / Phelim Mc Dermott (ms) Yonghoon Lee/Serena Farnocchia/Marina Prudesnskaya Samedi 16 Novembre Salle Pierre Lamy, Annecy 15h ASSEMBLÉE GÉNÉRALE 17h SPECTACLE : « TEA TIME ! » Récital lyrique par les artistes de la compagnie « Brins de Voix » « Le Clos du Château », Pringy 19h30 APÉRITIF & DÎNER Samedi 7 Décembre 15h PROJECTION Espace Y. Martinet, Annecy Salomé (Richard Strauss) Entrée non adhérent : 5€ Wiener Philarmoniker Karl Böhm (dm) / Götz Friedrich (ms) Teresa Stratas/Bernd Weikel/Astrid Varnay/Hans Beirer Dimanche 15 Décembre 16h OPÉRA Opéra de Lyon Le Roi Carotte (Jacques Offenbach) Orchestre et chœurs de l’Opéra de Lyon Adrien Perruchon (dm) / Laurent Pelly (ms) Christophe Mortagne/Julie Boulianne/Yann Beuron/Christoffe Gay Dimanche 29 Décembre 15h OPÉRA-BALLET Grand Théâtre, Genève Les Indes galantes (Jean-Philippe Rameau) Orchestre Cappella Mediterranea – Ballet du Grand Théâtre Leonardo Garcia Alarcon (dm) / Lydia Steier (ms) Kristina Mkhitaryan/Roberta Mameli/Claire de Sévigné/Amina Edris Samedi 18 Janvier 2020 15h CONFÉRENCE Espace Y. Martinet, Annecy « Wagner et les parodies musicales Par Nicolas SOUTHON - Entrée non-adhérent : 5€ Dimanche 26 Janvier 15h OPÉRA Opéra de Lyon Tosca (Giacomo Puccini) Orchestre et Chœurs de l’Opéra de Lyon Daniele Rustoni(dm)/Christophe Honoré (ms) Angel Blue/Catherine Malfitano/Massimo Giordano/Alexey Markov Samedi 1 er Février 20h OPÉRA Grand Théâtre, Genève L’Enlèvement au sérail (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Chœurs du Grand Théâtre Fabio Biondi (dm)/Luk Perceval (ms) Maria GraziaSchiavo/Claire de Sévigné/Julien Behr/Denzil Delaere Samedi 15 Février 15h CONFÉRENCE Espace Y. Martinet, Annecy « Les Huguenots et l’Opéra français » Par Didier PATEL – Entrée non adhérent : 5€ Dimanche 1er Mars 15h OPÉRA Grand Théâtre, Genève Les Huguenots (Giacomo Meyerbeer) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Chœurs du Grand Théâtre Mark Minkowski (dm)/Jossi Wieler &Sergio Morabito (ms) Anna Durlovski/John Osborn/Michele Pertusi/Léa Desandre Dimanche 15 Mars 16h OPÉRA Opéra de Lyon Rigoletto (Giuseppe Verdi) Orchestre et chœurs de l’Opéra de Lyon Michele Spotti (dm)/Axel Ranish (ms) Roberto Frontali/Nina Minasayan /Wenwei Zhang Samedi 21 Mars 15h CONFÉRENCE Espace Y. Martinet, Annecy « Debussy et Wagner » Par Cécile LEBLANC - Entrée non-adhérent : 5€ Dimanche 22 Mars 16h OPÉRA Opéra de Lyon Irrelohe (Franz Schrecker) Orchestre et chœurs de l’Opéra de Lyon Bernhard Kontarsky (dm)/David Bösch (ms) Stephan Rügamer/Piotr Micinski/Janita Baechle/James Kryshak Samedi 18 Avril 15h CONFÉRENCE Espace Y. Martinet, Annecy « AUTREMENT : variations et chemins de traverse insolites » Par Hubert GRÉGOIRE - Entrée non-adhérent : 5€ Dimanche 10 Mai 15h OPÉRA Grand Théâtre, Genève La Cenerentola (Gioacchino Rossini) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Chœurs du Grand Théâtre Stefano Montanari (dm)/Laurent Pelli (ms) Anna Goryachova/Edgardo Rocha/Ricardo Novaro/Carlo Lepore Dimanche 14 juin 16h OPÉRA Opéra de Lyon Les noces de Figaro (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Orchestre et Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon Stefano Montanari (dm)/Olivier Assayas (ms) Nicolaï Borchev/Mandy Fredrich/Alexander Miminoschvili Dimanche 28 juin 15h OPÉRA Grand Théâtre, Genève Saint François d’Assise (Olivier Messiaen) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande – Chœurs du Grand Théâtre Jonathan Nott (dm)/Adel Abdessemed (ms) Kyle Ketelsen/Claire de Sévigné/Ales Briscein/Michael Kraus VOYAGES D’OPÉRAS : 2 projets sont actuellement à l’étude et en cours de concrétisation : - Séjour à New-York du mardi 3 Mars 2020 au lundi 9 mars avec 3 opéras au Metropolitan - Séjour à Barcelone du jeudi 2 Avril 2020 au lundi 6 avril avec 1 opéra et 2 concerts - Projet envisagé de séjour à Bayreuth en Août 2020 en fonction bien sûr des billets obtenus pour une nouvelle production du Ring (vraisemblablement dirigé par Daniele Gatti) - Possibilité d’obtention de billets pour le Ring en Novembre 2020 à Paris Bastille (l’organisation du transport et de l’hébergement étant à la charge des participants) ATTENTION ! Concernant ces différents projets, un document d’information vous sera envoyé en temps voulu. Il est donc INUTILE de vous manifester de quelque manière que ce soit, AUCUNE inscription ne pouvant être enregistrée dans l’état actuel de concrétisation de ces déplacements. Précision concernant le séjour à New-York : comme pour le voyage à Hambourg, un « sondage » sera réalisé par B.Bachasson pour évaluer le nombre de candidats potentiels, mais le fait de répondre positivement n’aura pas valeur d’inscription…Merci pour votre compréhension ! .
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