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World premiere of Like flesh by Sivan Eldar
On the occasion of the premiere of the opera Like Flesh at the Opéra de Lille on 21, 23, 25, 27 and 28 January, composer Sivan Eldar gives us an exclusive look inside her latest work!:
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JANUARY 2022
Maurice Ravel - Trio
for orchestra (Yan Pascal Tortelier orchestration)
Auditorium de la Seine musicale
Bundesjugendballett
Bundesjugendorchester
Orchestre Français des Jeunes
John Neumeir, choreographer
Alexander Shelley, conductor
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Benjamin Attahir - Al Dhikrâ
for string quartet
World premiere: January 20, 2022 - Philharmonie de Paris
German premiere: winter 22-23 - Konzerthaus Berlin
Quatuor Van Kuijk
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Baptiste Trotignon- Anima
for orchestra
Worl premiere: January 20, 21 and 22, 2022 (Postponed dates April 21, 22 & 23, 2022)
Palais Beaumont (Pau)
Orchestre de Pau Pays de Béarn
Fayçal Karoui, conductor
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Sivan Eldar - Like flesh
opera for 3 soloists, choir (6 voices), 12 instruments, electronics
World premiere: January 21, 23, 25, 27 & 28, 2022
Opéra de Lille
Cordelia Lynn, libretto
Silvia Costa, staging and scenography
Augustin Muller, computer music production
Ensemble Le Balcon
Maxime Pascal, conductor
Helena Rasker, The Woman / The Tree
William Dazeley, The Forester
Juliette Allen, The Student
Adèle Carlier, Hélène Fauchère, Guilhem Terrail, Sean Clayton, René Ramos Premier, Florent Baffi, The Forest
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Hèctor Parra - La mort i la primavera
Fourteen tableaux for a ballet inspired by the unfinished eponymous novel by Mercè Rodoreda
For two ensembles and two conductors
World premiere: January 23, 2022 - Casa da Música (Porto)
French premiere: January 26, 2022 - Philharmonie de Paris
Ensemble intercontemporain
Remix ensemble
Peter Rundel, conductor
Lucie Leguay, conductor
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Alexandre Desplat - Pelléas et Mélisande – Symphonie concertante
for flute & orchestra
Musikverain Wien (Austria)
Wiener Symphoniker
Magali Mosnier, flute
Alexandre Desplat, conductor
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AWARD
Les Éclairs by Philippe Hersant voted premiere of the year 2021 by the readers of Forumopera.com, the magazine of the lyric world!
DIGITAL BROADCAST
Documentary: Saint-Saëns, l'insaisissable
Maurice Ravel - Ma Mère l'Oye
Auditorium de la Maison de la Radio et de la Musique
Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France
George Benjamin, conductor
Paul Dukas - L'Apprenti sorcier
Auditorium de la Maison de la Radio et de la Musique
Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France
George Benjamin, conductor
Maurice Ravel - Boléro
Auditorium de la Maison de la Radio et de la Musique
Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Maurice Ravel - Alborada del gracioso extract n° 4 from "Miroirs"
Auditorium de la Maison de la Radio et de la Musique
Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France
Pablo Heras-Casado, conductor
Photos
Hèctor Parra © Amandine Lauriol
Sivan Eldar © Laura Stevens
Benjamin Attahir © Julian Hargreaves
Baptiste Trotignon © Richard Dumas