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Summary

The year 2014 is rich in anniversaries. We celebrate Richard Strauss with three Bel Air Media productions: Die Frau ohne Schatten from the Bayerische Staatsoper, Elektra staged by Patrice Chéreau at the Festival d’Aix en Provence and Der Rosenkavalier from Zurich Opera.

Ivan Alexandre's acclaimed production of Hippolyte et Aricie at the Paris Opera marks the 250th anniversary of the death of Jean-Philippe Rameau in grandiose style. Also from the Paris Opera, Pina Bausch's ballet Orfeo ed Euridice pays tribute to Christophe Willibald Gluck on the 300th anniversary of his birth.

Telmondis Distribution continues to develop its opera and ballet catalogue with productions from the world's greatest stages such as the Paris Opera, Saint Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre, the Bolshoi, the Théâtre musical de Paris-Châtelet, the Opéra de Lyon, the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, La Fenice, the Opéra Royal de Wallonie and the Festival d’Aix en Provence.

Flagship productions new to the catalogue include Einstein on the Beach, Philip Glass and Robert Wilson's legendary opera filmed for the first time at the Théâtre Musical de Paris – Châtelet, the Tricentenary of the French Dance School celebrations from the Paris Opera, La Bayadère from the Bolshoi, Hamlet from the Théâtre de la Monnaie and lastly the Concert de Paris, the new operatic event held every year on Bastille Day beneath the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

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Antoine Perset – President

SpeCial anniverSarieS > riCharD STrauSS

Die Frau ohne Schatten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 elektra.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 Der rosenkavalier.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03> ChriSTOph WillibalD GluCk

Orfeo ed euridice.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04> Jean-philippe rameau

le Grand Théâtre de l’amour. . . . . . . 05 hippolyte et aricie.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05

Opera > TheâTre muSiCal De pariS-ChâTeleT

einstein on the beach.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 06 Sunday in the park with George.. 06> bayeriSChe STaaTSOper

boris Godunov.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08> bOlShOi TheaTre

prince igor.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .08> Opéra naTiOnal De pariS

la Fanciulla del West.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 i puritani.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 aida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 la Gioconda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 hänsel und Gretel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Falstaff.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 > rOyal Opera OF WallOnia

la Fanciulla del West.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Cavalleria rusticana /

pagliacci.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14> ThéâTre rOyal De la mOnnaie

hamlet.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Jenufa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 manon lescaut.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17> FeSTival inTernaTiOnal D'arT

lyrique D'aix-en-prOvenCe

elena.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18> Opera De lyOn

Claude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18> arena Di verOna

aida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19> SpeCial evenTS

Shalyapin Gala – kazan Opera. . . . 20 le Concert de paris.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 mariinsky ii Opening Gala.. . . . . . . . . . 21> WOrk in prOGreSS

War and peace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 les Troyens.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 a midsummer night’s Dream.. . . . . . 22 la Traviata.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 le Comte Ory.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

DanCe > mariinSky TheaTre

The little humpbacked horse.. . . . . 24 Cinderella.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 romeo and Juliet.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25> Opéra naTiOnal De pariS

The Sleeping beauty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Gustav mahler’s Third Symphony.. . . . . 26 Tricentenary anniversary

of the French Dance School.. . . . . . . . .28 > bOlShOi TheaTre

la bayadère. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28> leS balleTS De mOnTe-CarlO

laC (adapted from Swan lake).. . . . . . . . . . . . 30> ThéâTre naTiOnal De ChaillOT

paul Taylor Dance Company in paris. . . 30> malanDain balleT biarriTz

romeo and Juliet.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Cinderella.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33> WOrk in prOGreSS

anna karenina.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 The legend of love.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 The Golden horde.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 J. robbins / a. ratmansky................34 G. balanchine / b. millepied .. . . . . . 34

DOCumenTary Teodor Currentzis’ portrait

at perm Opera.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 laC by Jean-Christophe maillot.. . 36 Cinderella on the way to versailles.. . . . 37 Wagner, a genius in exile.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

COnCerT Shostakovich, the complete

symphonies & concertos.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Dissonances.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 ludwig van beethoven

piano Concertos.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 > WOrk in prOGreSS

vespro della beata vergine.. . . . . . . . . 39

CirCuS nikulin Circus.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 38th international Circus

Festival of monte-Carlo.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 35th Tomorrow’s Circus

World Festival.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

maGiC Golden mandrakes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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> Special anniversaries RICHARD STRAUSS 150TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY (1864-1949)

Opera in three acts by richard Strauss libretto by the poet hugo von hofmannsthal.

Inspired by Oriental fairy-tales and with an admiring glance at Mozart's Zauberflöte, the successful partnership of Strauss and Hofmannsthal created a puzzling, massive work heavy with symbolism and powerful sounds which constantly demands interpretation: is it wallowing in magical worlds whilst the old era is destroyed in the First World War? The pathway of trials taken by two couples on which the women overcome their own natures through subjecting themselves to the merciless law of renewal and decay? A study of the female psyche shortly after Freud's postulation of sexual neuroses? Or perhaps the spiritual voyage of a woman through her fears and guilt feelings at the end of which everyone comes together again on the threshold of the eternal father.

Conductor Kirill PetrenkoStaging: Krzysztof Warlikowski | Scenography & costumes: Malgorzata Szczesniak |

Video: Denis Guéguin | Choreography: Claude Bardouil | Dramaturgy: Miron Hakenbeck

Starring Johan Botha: The Emperor | Adrianne Pieczonka: The Empress | Deborah Polaski: The Nurse | Sebastian Holecek: The Messenger of Keikobad | Hanna-Elisabeth Müller: The Guardian of the Threshold / Voice of the 1st unborn child | Dean Power: The Apparition of a Youth | The Bavarian State Orchestra | The Chorus and the Childrens Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera

ProductionA coproduction by Bel Air Media, Bayerische Staatsoper, Mezzo, in association with Bayerischer Rundfunk, the participation of France Télévisions and the support of the CNC | Directed by Andy Sommer | Produced by François Duplat | Running time: 1x190’

Die Frau ohne Schatten Bel Air Media 2013 Bayerische Staatsoper

Tragedy in one act by richard Strauss. libretto by the poet hugo von hofmannsthal.“Agamemnon!” The name of the late king of Mycenae, proffered by Elektra, resounds like a dizzying growl, a throbbing moan. Elektra is awaiting the return of her brother Orestes, who is the only person who can truly avenge his father. Richard Strauss transforms Elektra’s cry into a shock opera, with an explosive score, a single act of expectation crowned by irrepressible violence, a superb orchestral score, as refined as it is unrestrained, and women singing the distress of a dysfunctional family. Individual solitude and intimate violence are the very stuff of Patrice Chéreau’s work.

Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen Staging: Patrice Chéreau | Artistic collaboration: Thierry Thieû Niang | Dramatist and staging assistant: Vincent Huguet

Starring Evelyn Herlitzius: Elektra | Waltraud Meier: Klytämnestra | Adrianne Pieczonka: Chrysothemis | Mikhail Petrenko: Orest | Orchestre de Paris | Coro Gulbenkian

ProductionA coproduction by Bel Air Media, Arte France, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence | Directed by Stéphane Metge | Produced by François Duplat | Running time: 1x110’

Opera in three acts by richard Strauss.libretto by hugo von hofmannsthal.Loosely adapted from the novel Les Amours du Chevalier de Faublas by, Louvet de Couvrai and Moliere’s comedy, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, it was first, performed at the Konigliches Opernhaus, in Dresden on 26 January 1911 under, the direction of Max Reinhardt.

Musical Direction Franz Welser-MöstStage director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf | Sets: Rolf Glittenberg | Costumes: Marianne Glittenberg | Light: Jürgen Hoffmann |

StarringNina Stemme: Feldmarschallin Fürstin Werdenberg | Malin Hartelius: Sophie | Vesselina Kasarova: Octavian | Liuba Chuchrova: Leitmetzerin (Marianne, la Duègne) | Brigitte Pinter: Annina | Rachel Watkins: Eine Modistin | Opernhaus Zürich Orchestra

ProductionA coproduction by Bel Air Media, NHK, France 3, SWR, MEZZO, TV 10 Angers | Directed by Chloé Perlemuter | Produced by François Duplat | Running time: 1x200’

elektra Bel Air Media 2013 Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence

Der rosenkavalier Bel Air Media 2004Opernhaus Zürich

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> Special anniversaries CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK 300TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY (1714-1787)

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JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU

250TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY (1683-1764)

ballet by pina bausch.music by Christoph Willibald Gluck.

A rare and inspiring hybrid of opera and modern dance. Celebrated choreographer Pina Bausch adds a whole new level of interpretation to Gluck’s Orpheus & Eurydice.

The Paris Opera’s “Etoiles du Ballet” dance troupe teams up with Germany’s Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble under the direction of Thomas Hengelbrock. A cast of celebrated opera singers round off the multi-faceted cast.

Musical Direction Thomas Hengelbrock Choreoraphy and staging: Pina Bausch | Sets, costumes and light: Rolf Borzik

StarringSingers: Maria Riccarda Wesseling: Orpheus | Julia Kleiter: Eurydice | Sunhae Im: LoveDancers: Yann Bridard: Orpheus | Marie- Agnès Gillot: Eurydice | Meteki Kudo: Love | Choir: Balthasar – Neumann Choir | Orchestra: Balthasar – Neumann Ensemble

ProductionA coproduction by Bel Air Media, Arte France | Directed by Vincent Bataillon | Produced by François Duplat | Running time: 1x110’

Dramma in five acts and a prologue by Jean-philippe rameau. libretto by abbé Simon-Joseph pellegrin.

Diana and Cupid are arguing who will rule over the forest dwellers. The quarrel is settled by Jupiter who decrees that Love will reign over their hearts for one day every year. Diana vows to look after Hippolyte and Aricie.

Musical direction Emmanuelle HaïmStaging: Ivan Alexandre | Sets: Antoine Fontaine | Costumes: Jean-Daniel Vuillermoz | Lighting: Hervé Gary | Choreography: Natalie Van Parys

StarringSara Connolly: Phèdre | Anne-Catherine Gillet: Aricie | Andrea Hill: Diane | Jaël Azzaretti: Cupid / A Priestess / A female sailor | Salomé Haller: Oenone, Phèdre’s confidante | Marc Mauillon:Tisiphone | Topi Lehtipuu: Hippolyte |

ProductionA coproduction by Telmondis Opéra national de Paris, Mezzo in association with France Télévisions | Directed by Olivier Simonnet | Produced by Antoine Perset and Denis Morlière | Running time: 1x80

Thirty pieces by Jean-philippe rameau. Love reigns, everywhere and always. And the world of Baroque opera is certainly no exception, because whether they be gods or men, nobody can escape Cupid’s arrows. In 2012 Les Ambassadeurs performed the remarkable opening concert of the MAfestival. This time they use the most beautiful movements from Rameau’s operas to let us feel both the pleasure and the pain of love: innocent or lustful, happy or despairing. From hope, through disappointment and jealousy, to anger, with here and there a hint of madness… Rameau depicts all of these emotions via sophisticated orchestrations in the most vivid colours. Sabine Devieilhe,

who is nominated for the French ‘Victoires de la musique’ award this year, sings all the roles, giving voice to voluptuous mistresses, languishing queens and offended goddesses.

Conductor Alexis Kossenko

StarringSabine Devieilhe | Les Ambassadeurs Ensemble

ProductionA coproduction by Heliox, Bel Ombre films and France Télévisions | Directed by Colin Laurent | Produced by Pierre-François Decouflé | Running time: 1x100’

Orfeo ed euridice Bel Air Media 2008 Opéra national de Paris

le Grand Théâtre de l’amour Heliox 2013 Concertgebouw, Bruges

hippolyte et aricie Telmondis 2012 Opéra national de Paris

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> Opera THEâTRE MuSICAL DE PARIS-CHâTELET

Sunday in the park with George Telmondis 2013 Theâtre musical de Paris-Châtelet

einstein on the beach Telmondis 2014 Theâtre musical de Paris-Châtelet

musical by Stephen Sondheim.

After A Little Night Music in 2010 and Sweeney Todd in 2011, the Théâtre du Châtelet presents another masterpiece from Stephen Sondheim. The pointillist painting by Georges Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, painted between 1884 and 1886, is the starting point of this passionate reflection on the artist's work.

Music and Lyrics Stephen SondheimBook: James Lepine | Conductor: David Charles Abell | Stage direction: Lee Blakeley | Set design: William Dudley | Costumes: Adrian Linford | Lighting: Rick Fisher | Choreography: Lorena Randi |

StarringJulian Ovenden: Georges / George | Sophie-Louise Dann: Dot / Marie | Nicholas le Prevost: Jules / Greenberg | Rebecca de Pont Davies: Old Lady / Elaine | Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France Chorus of Theatre du Châtelet

ProductionA coproduction by Telmondis, Théâtre Musical de Paris-Châtelet, France Télévisions | Directed by Denis Caïozzi | Produced by Antoine Perset, Emma Enjalbert and Denis Morlière | Running time: 1x135’

an opera in four acts by philip Glass and robert Wilson.

At the time of its production in 1971, Deafman Glance, a wordless performance lasting seven hours, amazed French audiences and sparked the enthusiasm of Louis Aragon. A few years later, Robert Wilson joined forces this time with the composer, Philip Glass, to devise an opera that was performed at the Avignon Festival in 1976. It was to become the legend that is Einstein on the Beach.Certain themes linked to the physicist’s research, such as the theory of relativity and nuclear arms, were played out in a series of tableaux providing a highly revolutionary aesthetic: fairytale images of astonishing visual beauty were combined with very gradual changes in music and choreographed movements to form a total work of art that was to overturn the classic perception of time and space in the theatre. Restaged by its creators, with the collaboration of their long-standing choreographer, Lucinda Childs, this legendary piece is about to be rediscovered anew today.

Choreography Lucinda ChildsSpoken text: Lucinda Childs, Christopher Knowles, Samuel M. Johnson | Direction, set and light design: Robert Wilson | Music and lyrics: Philip Glass | Conducted by: Michael Riesman | Co-director: Ann-Christin Rommen | Directing associate: Charles Otte | Lighting: John Torris | Sound: Kurt Munkasci | Costumes: Carlos Soto | Hair and make-up: Luc Verschueren

StarringHelga Davis | Kate Moran | Antoine Silverman | The Lucinda Childs Dance Company | The Philip Glass Ensemble | Produced by Pomegranate Arts, Inc. (Linda Brumbach, Executive Producer)

ProductionA coproduction by Telmondis, Théâtre Musical de Paris-Châtelet, France Télévisions, Mezzo | Directed by Don Kent | Produced by Antoine Perset and Denis Morlière | Running time: 1x270’

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Opera in four acts by modest mussorgsky. libretto by the composer after alexander pushkin.

Child murder, scheming monks and a tsar lapsing into madness – Modest Mussorgsky spread the thematic arc wide in his choral opera, which he began to work on from 1868, and with which he attempted to awaken an awareness of his own time through the indirect route of a historic story. As an artist of the 19th century, he was driven by the psychology of the masses. Thus, in Boris Godunov, alongside the hero of the title, the main role is actually taken primarily by the Russian people, rejoicing, starving, demanding and questioning.

“uncovering the fine features of human nature and the mass of humanity, stubbornly drilling in these unexplored regions and conquering them – this is the mission of the true artist. Onward to new shores!”

Conductor Kent NaganoStaging: Calixto Bieito

Starring Alexander Tsymbalyuk: Boris Godunov | Yulia Sokolik: Fyodor | Eri Nakamura: Kseniya | Heike Grötzinger: Kseniya’s nurse | Gerhard Siegel: Prince Shuysky | Markus Eiche: Andrey Shchelkalov | Anatoli Kotscherga: Pimen | The Bavarian State Orchestra | The Chorus of the Bavarian State Opera

ProductionA coproduction by Bel Air Media, Mezzo, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Arte Live Web | Directed by Andy Sommer | Produced by François Duplat | Running time: 1x120’

Opera in two acts by alexander borodin.

Based on the ancient Russian literature The Tale of Igor's CampaignPrince Igor is rightly considered to be one of the main Russian operas and is one of the Bolshoi Theatre’s ‘designer label’ titles.

Today Prince Igor comes back staged by Yuri Lyubimov, the maître of Russian theatre director.The legendary founder of the Taganka Theatre, worked for the world's greatests theatres (La Scala, The Royal Opera House, the Bavarian Staatsoper…). Prince Igor is a large-scale, multi-level fresco which combines ‘high-style’ epic narrative and folk comedy, it juxtaposes the chant of the Russian heroic poem and the boisterously ‘frenetic’ musical world of the East.

Borodin himself explains his aesthetic position as follows: “It seems to me that in opera, as in sets, there is no place for small forms, trivial detail: everything should be written in bold

strokes, clearly, vividly and, in so far as possible, convenient to perform by both voice and orchestra”.

Borodin spent many years writing Prince Igor, but he never managed to finish it. Following his sudden death, the opera was completed by Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov.

Conductor Vasily SinayskyStaging: Yuri Lyubimov

StarringElchin Azizov: Igor Svyatoslavich | Elena Popovskaya: Yaroslavna | Roman Shulakov: Vladimir Igorevich | Vladimir Matorin: Vladimir Yaroslavich | Valery Guilmanov: Konchak | Svetlana Shilova: Konchakovna | Orchestra and Chorus of the Bolshoi Theatre

ProductionA coproduction by Bel Air Media, Bolshoi Theatre, Mezzo | Directed by Corentin Leconte | Produced by François Duplat | Running time: 1x104’

boris Godunov Bel Air Media 2013 Bayerische Staatsoper

prince igor Bel Air Media 2013 Bolshoi Theatre

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> Opera OPéRA NATIONAL DE PARIS

Opera in three acts by Giacomo puccini.libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo zangarini based on David belasco’s play The Girl of the Golden West.

In the wake of the first literary westerns and as cinema began to exploit the genre, Puccini gave opera its first ever western: a tale of souls stranded at the edge of the world, a tale of laughter and of tears, both exotic and overwhelming.

First performed at the Metropolitan Opera of New York in 1910, this genuine masterpiece finally enters the repertoire of the Paris Opera.In a saloon bar known as The Polka, gold diggers brood over mothers left behind in Italy, whilst Minnie behind the bar reads to them from the Bible. Love, will come to Minnie in the guise of a criminal but seeing beyond mere appearances, she will recognise the true heart beneath the rough exterior and realise the possibility of happiness.

Conductor Carlo RizziStaging: Nikolaus Lehnhoff |

Sets: Raimund Bauer | Costumes: Andrea Schmidt -Futterer | Lighting: Duane Schuler | Video: Jonas Gerberding | Choreography: Denni Sayers | Chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert

StarringNina Stemme: Minnie | Claudio Sgura: Jack Rance | Marco Berti: Dick Johnson | Roman Sadnik: Nick | Andrea Mastroni: Ashby | Andre Heyboer: Sonora | Emanuele Giannino: Trin | Roberto Accurso: Sid | Igor Gnidii: Bello | Eric Huchet: Harry | Rodolphe Briand: Joe | Enrico Marabelli: Happy | Wenwei Zhang: Larkens | ugo Rabec: Billy Jackrabbit | Anna Pennisi: Wowkle | Alexandre Duhamel: Jake Wallace | Matteo Peirone: José Castro | Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Production A coproduction by Opéra national de Paris, CLC, with the participation of France Télévisions | Directed by Andy Sommer | Produced by Sabrina Azoulay | Running time: 1x130’

la Fanciulla del West Opéra national de Paris, CLC 2014Opéra national de Paris

aida Opéra de Paris Production, Telmondis 2013 Opéra national de Paris

melodramma serio in three parts by vincenzo bellini.libretto by Carlo pepoli.At the beginning of 1835, Bellini's I Puritani, performed by four of the most celebrated singers of the time, La Grisi, Rubini, Tamburini and Lablache, enjoyed unprecedented success with its story of hopeless love and revenge set in 17th century England and conveyed by some of the most beautiful vocal writing ever. In Act II, Elvira appears, seized by madness and singing a melody of such heartrending purity that it might well have inspired Chopin in the writing of a nocturne. The vogue for I Puritani swept all before it, including Bellini himself, who died a few months later in a villa in Puteaux, in the throes of melancholia.

Conductor Michele MariottiStaging and costumes: Laurent Pelly | Sets: Chantal Thomas | Lighting: Joel Adam | Chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert

StarringWojtek Smilek: Lord Gualtiero Valton | Michele Pertusi: Sir Giorgio | Dmitry Korchak: Lord Arturo Talbot | Mariusz Kwiecien: Sir Riccardo Forth | Luca Lombardo: Sir Bruno Roberton | Andreea Soare: Enrichetta di Francia | Maria Agresta: Elvira | Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus

ProductionA coproduction by Opéra de Paris Production, FRA Productions with the participation of France TélévisionsDirected and produced by François RoussillonRunning time: 1x145’

i puritani Opéra de Paris Production, FRA Productions 2013Opéra national de Paris

Opera in four acts by Giuseppe verdi.libretto by antonio Ghislanzoni after a scenario by auguste-édouard mariette.Aida is one of the most celebrated examples of the “Egyptomania” in the 19th century in Europe. This opera, intended as a celebration of universal concord and harmony between nations, is in fact entirely about conflict: the war between Egypt and Ethiopia is nothing compared to that which opposes the characters to each other. One of Verdi's most beautiful masterpieces.

Conductor Philippe Jordan Staging: Olivier Py | Sets and costumes: Pierre-André Weitz | Light: Bertrand Killy |

Chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert

StarringCarlo Cigni: Il Re | Luciana D’Intino: Amneris | Oksana Dyka: Aida | Marcelo Alvarez: Radamès | Roberto Scandiuzzi: Ramfis | Sergey Murzaev: Amonasro | Elodie Hache: Sacerdotessa | Oleksiy Palchykov: Un Messaggero | Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus

ProductionA coproduction by Opéra de Paris Production, Telmondis in association with MezzoDirected by Vincent MassipProduced by Antoine Perset and Denis MorlièreRunning time: 1x140’

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Commedia lirica in three acts by Giuseppe verdi.libretto by arrigo boito after The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henri IV by William Shakespeare.Verdi views the escapades of the oldpenniless and pot-bellied knight, who wants to deceive the wives and ends up routed, in a dirty washing basket and tossed into the river Thames, with the clear-sighted, distant and mischievous gaze we recognise from his later photographs.

Conductor Daniel Oren Staging: Dominique Pitoiset | Sets: Alexandre Beliaev | Costumes: Elena Rivkina | Light: Philippe Albaric | Chorus Master: Patrick Marie Aubert

StarringAmbrogio Maestri: Sir John Falstaf | Arthur Rucinski: Ford | Paolo Fanale: Fenton | Raúl Giménez: Dottore Cajus | Bruno Lazzaretti: Bardolfo | Mario Luperi: Pistola | Svetla Vassileva: Mrs Alice Ford | Elena Tsallagova: Nannetta | Marie-Nicole Lemieux: Mrs Quickly | Gaëlle Arquez: Mrs Meg Page | Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus

ProductionA coproduction by Opéra de Paris Production, Cinétévé with the participation of France Télévisions and the support of the CNC | Directed by Philippe Béziat | Produced by Fabienne Servan-Schreiber | Running time: 1x120’

12/13> Opera OPéRA NATIONAL DE PARIS

Fairy tale opera in three scenes by engelbert humperdinck.libretto by adelheid Wette after the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale.

Humperdinck became Richard Wagner’s assistant in Bayreuth. Wagner had two more years to live. These two years of intense artistic collaboration on Parsifal indelibly marked the young composer’s life and style. In 1883, the Master died, leaving his disciple “incomplete”. He became a wanderer, traveling throughout Europe, eventually becoming a renowned teacher. Ten years later, in Weimar, Humperdinck completed his masterpiece, Hansel and Gretel. His sister wrote the libretto, inspired by the Grimm brothers’ fairy tale. The opera premiered at Christmas under the enthusiastic baton of Richard Strauss. Humperdinck had retained a Wagnerian taste for continuous melody and leitmotiv. However, his fairy-tale opera (Marchenoper) also drew on children’s songs and the sort of popular melodies whose origins tend to become lost in the mists of time.

Conductor Claus Peter Flor Staging: Mariame Clement | Sets and costumes: Julia Hansen | Light: Philippe Berthome

StarringJochen Schmeckenbecher: Pete | Irmgard Vilsmaier: Gertrud | Daniela Sindram: Hänsel | Anne-Catherine Gillet: Gretel | Anja Silja: Die Knusperhexe | Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Paris Opera Children’s Chorus

ProductionA coproduction by Opéra de Paris Production, Bel Air Media with the participation of France Télévisions and the support of the CNCDirected by Andy SommerProduced by François DuplatRunning time: 1x80’

hänsel und Gretel Opéra de Paris Production, Bel Air Media 2013Opéra national de Paris

la Gioconda Opera de Paris Prod., Wahoo Prod. 2013 Opéra national de Paris

Drama in four acts by amilcare ponchielli.libretto by arrigo boito after angelo, Tyran de padoue by victor hugo.Lying somewhere between great French opera and Verdi-style drama, La Gioconda portrayed broken hearts and shattered destinies in 17th century Venice. Power and love, sacrifice and betrayal, poison and revenge: the opera brings together all the elements of melodrama and infuses them with a new lease of life, grandiose and operatic.

Conductor Daniel Oren Staging, sets and costumes: Pier Luigi Pizzi | Light: Sergio Rossi | Choreography: Gheorghe Iancu | Chorus master: Patrick Marie Aubert

StarringVioleta urmana: La Gioconda | Luciana D’Intino: Laura Adorno | Orlin Anastassov: Alvise Badoero | María José Montiel: La Cieca | Marcelo Alvarez: Enzo Grimaldo | Sergey Murzaev: Barnaba | Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Paris Opera Children’s Chorus

ProductionA coproduction by Opéra de Paris Production, Wahoo production, with the participation of France Télévisions and the support of the CNC | Directed by Dominique Thiel | Produced by Odile Carlotti | Running time: 1x170’

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Opera in three acts by Giacomo puccini.libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo zangarini after the play by David belasco.

Minnie is the landlady of “the Polka”, a bar in the West frequented by miners. The Sheriff has eyes only for this woman who is devoted to these strapping fellows. But when Dick Johnson turns up, she immediately falls in love with him. But who is this man whom she does not recognise straight away? Will the bandit be exposed sooner or later?

Musical direction Gianluigi Gelmetti Direction: Lorenzo Mariani | Set: Maurizio Balò | Costumes: Gabriel Berry | Light: Christian Pinaud | Chorus Master: Marcel Seminara

StarringMinnie: Deborah Voigt | Dick Johnson (Ramerrez): Carl Tanner | Jack Rance: Carlos Almaguer | Wowkle: Alexise Yerna | Ashby: Luciano Montanaro | José Castro: Jacques Calatayud | Billy Jackrabbit: Chris De Moor | Sonora: Roger Joakim | Sid: Pietro Palazy | Bello: Patrick Delcour | Orchestra and chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie

ProductionA coproduction by Oxymore, Opéra Royal de WallonieDirected by: Frédéric Caillierez | Produced by Jean-Romain Sales | Running time: 1x180’

Cavalleria rusticana Opera in one act by pietro mascagni.Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from a play written by Giovanni Verga.

pagliacciOpera in two acts by ruggero leoncavallo.Libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo.

Cavalleria Rusticana is the first verismo opera (from the Italian verismo, vero: real). This operatic movement which arose at the end of the 19th century was based on the principle that the writer must be inspired by truth, with a realistic setting, and a short, often violent depiction of everyday day.

Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci are operas in one and two acts, with simple musical resources. The music forgoes embellished vocals favouring tense voice lines instead. The action is set in Argentina, as a tribute to the Italian immigration of the 1900’s. Paolo Arrivabeni leads a cast in great form, dominated by a José Cura who again demonstrates his dual talent as a singer and director and the magnificent mezzo soprano Marie Kalinine, with her masterful strength and dramatic intelligence.

Musical Direction Paolo ArrivabeniStage and set: José Cura | Light: Olivier Wery | Costumes: Fernand Ruiz

StarringCavalleria rusticana José Cura: Turriddu | Marie Kalinine: Santuzza | Alexise Yerna: Lola | Elia Fabbian: Alfio | Mady urbain: Mamma LuciapagliacciSofia Soloviy: Nedda/Colombina | José Cura: Canio/Pagliaccio | Philippe Rouillon: Leoncavallo | Marco Danieli: Tonio/Taddeo | Enrico Casari: Beppe /Arlecchino

ProductionA coproduction by Oxymore, The Royal Opera House of Wallonia, Jim & Jules, Arte GEIE, Web Style Production | Directed by Frederic Caillierez | produced by Jean-Romain Sales | Running times: 1x74’, 1x77’

la Fanciulla del West Oxymore 2013Royal Opera of Wallonia

Cavalleria rusticana / pagliacci Oxymore 2013Royal Opera of Wallonia

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Opera in five acts by ambroise Thomas.libretto by michel Carré and Jules barbier based on William Shakespeare's play Hamlet.

The famous story of Hamlet and Ophelia is played out between the opposite poles of real and feigned madness, love and avenge. After the murder of his father, Hamlet opposes the marriage of his mother and his uncle, at the expense of his beloved and himself. When Ambroise Thomas chose Shakespeare’s Hamlet as the subject of his new opera, France had been under the spell of the English bard for many years, and Ophelia had inspired romantic artists. The librettists Carré and Barbier distilled a straightforward story from Shakespeare’s abundant characters and situations, which, although it was clearly far removed from the original, inspired Thomas to write a coherent score that demonstrated his mastery of musical atmosphere.

After their unanimously acclaimed Les Huguenots in 2011, Marc Minkowski and Olivier Py are continuing their highly personal exploration of the 19th century French Grand Opéra repertoire.

Musical direction Marc MinkowskiDirector: Olivier Py | Rehearsals of the staging: Andreas Zimmermann | Set design & costumes: Pierre-André Weitz | Light: Bertrand Killy | Chorus direction: Martino Faggiani

StarringClaudius: Vincent Le Texier | La Reine Gertrude: Jennifer Larmore | Hamlet: Stéphane Degout | Polonius: Till Fechner | Ophélie: Lenneke Ruiten | Laërte: Rémy Mathieu | Horatio/Premier Fossoyeur: Henk Neven | Marcellus/Deuxième Fossoyeur: Gijs Van der Linden | Le Spectre du feu Roi: Jérôme Varnier | La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

ProductionA coproduction by Oxymore, La Monnaie/ De Munt, Mezzo | Directed by Stéphane Vérité | Produced by Jean-Romain Sales | Running time: 1x166'

hamlet Oxymore 2013Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie

16/17> Opera THéâTRE ROYAL DE LA MONNAIE

manon lescaut Wahoo Production 2013 Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie

lyric drama in four acts by Giacomo puccini.libretto by D. Oliva and l. illica.Puccini paints a black and realistic picture of a doomed passion. Although initially the young Manon allows herself to be captivated by the wealth of a powerful man, she cannot fight against her love for the penniless knight Des Grieux.

Music direction Carlo RizziDirector: Mariusz Trelinski | Set design: Boris Kudlicka | Costumes: Magdalena Musial | Light: Felice Ross | Choreography: Tomasz Wygoda | Chorus direction: Martino Faggiani

StarringManon Lescaut: Eva Maria Westbroek |

Lescaut: Aris Argiris | Il Cavaliere Renato des Grieux: Brandon Jovanovich | Madrigal Soloists Singers of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of La Monnaie

ProductionA coproduction by Wahoo production, La Monnaie/ De Munt, Mezzo, Teatr Wielki Opera Narodowa (Warszawa), Welsh National Opera with the support of Allianz, Polish Institute - Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels | Directed by Roberto Maria Grassi | Produced by Odile Carlotti | Running time: 1x120’

Jenufa Wahoo Production 2014 Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie

Opera in three acts by leoš Janáček.The story of Jenufa and her stepmother, the verger’s wife, is set within the confines of a closed community. Rivalry, jealousy and social control degenerate into the murder of an illegitimate but innocent child.

Musical direction Ludovic MorlotDirector & set design: Alvis Hermanis | Costumes: Anna Watkins | Light: Gleb Filshtinsky | Dramaturgy: Christian Longchamp | Choreography: Alla Sigalova | Video: Ineta Sipunova | Chorus direction: Martino Faggiani

StarringJenufa: Sally Matthews | Laca Klemeň: Charles Workman | Števa Buryja: Nicky Spence | Kostelnička Buryjovka: Jeanne-Michèle Charbonnet | Stařenka Buryjovka: Carole Wilson | Stárek: Ivan Ludlow | La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

ProductionA coproduction by Wahoo production, La Monnaie/ De Munt, Mezzo | Directed by Myriam Hoyer | Produced by Odile Carlotti | Running time: 1x120’

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aida Bel Air Media 2013Arena di Verona

Opera in four acts by Giuseppe verdi.libretto by antonio Ghislanzoni after a scenario by auguste-édouard mariette.new production designed by “Fura dels baus”.

Ethiopian princess Aida is kept as a slave at the the Egyptian court. She has fallen in love with Radames, a young Egyptian warrior who returns her feelings. Amneris, the daughter of Egypt pharaoh also loves Radames who is uneasy when she realize the feelings between Radames and Aida…Aida is the most popular opera of Verona Festival, the only one performed every year.

Conductor Omer Meir WellberStaging: La Fura dels Baus

StarringGiovanna Casolla: Amneris | Hui He: Aida Fabio Sartori: Radamès | Adrian Sampetrean: Ramfis | Ambrogio Maestri: Amonasro | Orchestra of Arena di Verona

ProductionA coproduction by Bel Air Media, ZDF, Arena Di Verona | Directed by Andy Sommer | Produced by François Duplat | Running time: 1x160’

18/19> Opera AIx-EN-PROVENCE / ARENA DI VERONA / OPERA DE LYON

Opera by Thierry escaich .libretto by robert badinter based on the novel by victor hugo “Claude Gueux”.World premiere by the Opera de lyon in association with the mariinsky Theatre, St petersburg.

Claude, a worker at la Croix-Rousse, leads a hard-working and contented life with his wife and daughter. He rejects the misery inflicted by his boss when he is laid off with his fellow workers to be replaced by machines. The issue at the time was not relocation but depersonalisation. Claude, with other canuts (silk workers) took to his gun and set up barricades. Sentenced to 7 years’ hard labour, he was imprisoned at the prison-workshop of Clairvaux. A study of injustice and violence: Claude kills the prison governor and is guillotined.

Musical direction Jérémie RhorerStaging: Olivier Py | Sets and costumes: Pierre-André Weitz | Lighting: Bertrand Killy | Choreography: Daniel Izzo | Chorus Master: Alan Woodbridge

StarringJean-Sébastien Bou: Claude | Jean-Philippe Lafont: Director | Rodrigo Ferreira: Albin | Laurent Alvaro: Entrepreneur / General supervisor | Rémy Mathieu: First character / First supervisor | tPhilip Sheffield: Second character / Second supervisor | Loleh Pottier: Little girl | Anaël Chevallier: Voice in echo | Yannick Berne: First prisoner | Paolo Stupenengo: Second prisoner | Jean Vendassi: Third prisoner | David Sanchez Serra: Lawyer | Didier Roussel: Advocate General | Brian Bruce: President | Laura Ruiz Tamayo: Dancer | Orchestra, Chorus et Maîtrise of the Opéra de Lyon

ProductionA coproduction by Telmondis, Arte France, Arte Live web, in association with France TélévisionsDirected by Vincent Massip | Produced by Antoine Perset and Denis Morlière | Running time: 1x90’

Claude Telmondis 2013Opera de Lyon

elena Bel Air Media 2013 Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence

Dramma per musica in a prologue and three acts by Francesco Cavalli.libretto by Giovanni Faustini and niccolo minato.World premiere – 1st reconstruction since the 17th century.Before being from Troy, Helen was from Sparta where she was already reputed to be the most beautiful woman on earth. It is only a matter of who will manage to abduct her first, be it at the price of a mad chase over land and sea.Elena has not been performed since its creation so that the Festival’s performance is the very first production since the 17th century.

Conductor Leonardo García AlarcónStaging: Jean-Yves Ruf

StarringEmőke Baráth: Elena | Valer Barna-Sabadus: Menelao | Fernando Guimarães: Teseo | Cappella Mediterranea

ProductionA coproduction by Bel Air Media, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence | Directed by Corentin Leconte | Produced by François Duplat | Running time: 1x180’

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Le Concert de Paris is an exceptional event held each year on Bastille Day at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, as a prelude to the traditional July 14th fireworks display. Two of Radio France’s most prestigious musical institut ions, the Orchestre National de France and the Radio France Chorus, under the baguette of Italian maestro Daniele Gatti, proposed a top-quality programme around the theme of love in Paris, from Berlioz to Bizet, not forgetting Puccini, Ravel and Verdi. For this first edition a major logistical and technical platform along with giant screens allows approximately 400,000 people to follow the concert from the Champ-de-Mars.

Conductor Daniele GattiLight: Swann Mytnik | Chorus: Master Siro Visco

StarringKarine Deshayes | Vittorio Grigolo | Sonya Yoncheva | Renaud Capuçon | Joseph Calleja | Ludovic Tézier | Vittorio Grigolo | Lang Lang | Philippe Jaroussky | Roberto Alagna | Radio France Chorus | French National Orchestra

ProductionA coproduction by Electron Libre Productions in association with Radio France, Lagardère Entertainment, France Télévisions, Mairie de Paris, PGO, EDF, Osram and the support of the CNC | Directed by François Goetghebeur | Producer Yannis Chebbi and Michaël Kazan | Running time: 1x90’

le Concert de paris Electron Libre Productions 2013 Eiffel Tower, Paris

mariinsky ii Opening Gala Telmondis 2013 Mariinsky Theatre

This Gala concert in the Kazan Opera (Republic of Tatarstan) was held on the occasion of the Olympic universiade in Kazan, Capital of Tatarstan, as part of a Tribute of the great bass singer Feodor Shalyapin who birthed in Kazan. The most famous tatar in the world is the outstanding dancer Rudolf Nureyev and the International Festival of Classic Ballet named in his honour is held in Kazan in May.This Shalyapin Gala filmed in July 2013 gathered the most famous singers (speacially bass singers) of the Tatarstan together with the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre from Saint Petersburg conducted by Valery Gergiev and Renat Salavatov in a Russian, French and Italian repertoire.

Conductors Valery Gergiev & Renat SalavatovPrinciple Chorus Master: Liubov Draznina

StarringIldar Abdrazakov | Akhmed Agadi | Aida Garifullina | Gevorg Hakobyan | Mikhail Kazakov | Alexei Markov | Albina Shagimuratova | The Mariinsky Orchestra | The Chorus of the Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Musa Jalil

ProductionA coproduction by Telmondis | Directed by Vincent Massip | Produced by Antoine Perset and Denis Morlière | Running time: 1x120’

Shalyapin Gala – kazan Opera Telmondis 2014Tatar State Academic Opera and Ballet – Theatre named after Musa Jalil

Musical Direction Valery GergievStaging: Vasily Barkhatov | Production design: Zinovy Margolin

StarringOpera: Anna Netrebko (Soprano) | Olga Borodina (Mezzo-soprano) | Sergei Semishkur (Tenor) | Placido Domingo (Baritone) | Alexei Markov (Baritone) | Yevgeny Nikitin (Bass-baritone) | Ildar Abdrazakov (Bass) | René Pape (Bass) | Mikhail Petrenko (Bass) | Academy of Young SingersChildren chorus and chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre

ballet: Diana Vishneva (Principal dancer) | Yekaterina Kondaurova (Principal dancer) | ulyana Lopatkina (Principal dancer) | Vladimir Shklyarov (Principal dancer) | Soloists and corps de ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre | Vaganova Ballet AcademySoloists: Denis Matsuev (Piano) | Leonidas Kavakos (Violin) | Yuri Bashmet (Viola) |

ProductionA coproduction by Telmondis, Channel One Russia, Arte France, France Televisions, Mezzo | Directed by Don Kent | Producers: Antoine Perset and Denis Morlière | Running time: 1x120', 1x60'

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> Opera > Work in progress 22/23

les TroyensMariinsky Theatre

Telmondis 2014

artistic information Grand opera in five acts by hector berliozLibretto by the composer after motifs from Virgil’s Aeneid

Musical direction Valery Gergiev

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Production A coproduction by Telmondis, Mariinsky Theatre

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War and peaceMariinsky Theatre

Telmondis 2014

artistic information Opera in two acts by Sergei prokofievLibretto by Sergei Prokofiev and Mira Mendelson-Prokofieva after the novel of Leo Tolstoy

Musical direction Valery Gergiev

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Production A coproduction by Telmondis, Mariinsky Theatre

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a midsummer night’s Dream

Mariinsky Theatre

Telmondis 2014

artistic information Opera in three acts by benjamin brittenLibretto by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears

Musical direction Valery Gergiev

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Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre

Production A coproduction by Telmondis, Mariinsky Theatre

running tiMe 1x135’ approximately

la TraviataOpéra national de Paris

Opéra national de Paris, Ideale audience 2014

artistic information Opera in three acts by Giuseppe verdiLibretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on Alexandre Dumas Fils’s play La Dame aux Camélias

conductor Daniel Orenstaging Benoit Jacquot

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Diana Damrau: Violetta Valéry | Anna Pennisi: Flora Bervoix | Cornelia Oncioiu: Annina |

Francesco Demuro: Alfredo Germont | Ludovic Tezier: Giorgio Germont | Kevin Amiel: Gastone | Fabio Previati: Il Barone Douphol | Igor Gnidii: Il Marchese d’Obigny | Nicolas Teste: Dottore Grenvil | Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Production A coproduction by Opéra national de Paris, Ideale audience with the participation of France Télévisions

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le Comte OryOpera de Lyon

Telmondis 2014

artistic information Opera in two acts by Gioachino rossiniLibretto by Eugène Scribe and Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson

Musical direction Stefano Montanaristaging, sets and costuMes Laurent Pelly

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Dmitry Korchak: Le comte Ory | Désirée Rancatore: La Comtesse Adèle | Antoinette Dennefeld: Isolier |

Doris Lamprecht: Ragonde | Jean-Sébastien Bou: Raimbaud | Patrick Bolleire: Governor | Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera de Lyon

Production A coproduction by Telmondis, Opera de Lyon, Teatro alla Scala

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> Dance MARIINSKY THEATRE

romeo and Juliet Telmondis 2013Mariinsky Theatre

Cinderella Telmondis 2013 Mariinsky Theatre

ballet in two acts by alexei ratmansky. music by rodion Shchedrin. libretto by maxim isaev after the tale of pyotr yershov.The traditional Russian fairytale The Little Humpbacked Horse tells the story of an ordinary boy Ivan, who receives a humpbacked horse as a reward for solving a mystery. The ugly creature appears to have special powers and helps Ivan to endure impossible trials set by the greedy Czar.

Musical direction Valery GergievSets and costumes: Maxim Isaev | Light: Damir Ismagilov

StarringAlina Somova: The Tsar Maiden | Vladimir Shklyarov: Ivan the Fool | Vladislav Shumakov: The Little Humpbacked Horse | Anastasia Petushkova: The Young Mare Princess of the Sea | Andrey Ivanov: Tsar | Islom Baimuradov: The Gentleman in the bed chamber | Konstantin Zverev: Danilo | Ivan Sitnikov: Gavrilo | Yuri Smekalov: Horses | Kamil Yangurazov: Sea Horses | The Orchestra and Ballet from the Mariinsky Theatre

ProductionA coproduction by Telmondis, Mariinsky Theatre, in association with Mezzo and France Télévisions | Directed by Vincent Massip | Produced by Antoine Perset and Denis Morlière | Running time: 1x100’

The little humpbacked horse konyok-Gorbunok Telmondis 2013 Mariinsky Theatre

music by Sergei prokofiev.Choreography by alexei ratmanskylibretto by nikolai volkov after motifs from the fairytale by Charles perrault.

A wisful young woman, her cruel stepmother and stepsisters, a fairy godmother and her handsome prince: the classic story of Cinderella is a treat for all ages, now brought to life in the grand tradition of Russian ballet.

Musical Direction Valery GergievSets: Ilya utkin and Yeveny Monakhov | Costumes: Elena Markovskaya | Light: Gleb Filshtinsky

StarringDiana Vishneva: Cinderella | Vladimir Shklyarov: The Prince | Yekaterina Kondaurova: Stepmother | Margarita Frolova: Khudishka | Yekaterina Ivannikova: Kubishka | The Orchestra and Ballet from the Mariinsky Theatre

ProductionA coproduction by Telmondis, Mariinsky Theatre, Mezzo, in association with France Télévisions | Directed by Vincent Massip and Antoine Perset | Produced by Antoine Perset and Denis Morlière | Running time: 1x110’

music by Sergei prokofiev.Choreography by leonid lavrovsky.

Guided by the dramatic force and lyric power of Prokofiev's score, Lavrovsky's choreography draws a grandly moving portrait of the star-crossed lovers and the Renaissance society which frames their tragedy. Musical Direction Valery GergievSets and costumes: Pyotr Williams

StarringDiana Vishneva: Juliet | Vladimir Shklyarov: Romeo | Alexander Sergeyev: Mercutio | Islom Baimuradow: Benvolio | Ilya Kuznetsov: Tybalt | The Orchestra and Ballet from the Mariinsky Theatre

ProductionA coproduction by Telmondis, Mariinsky Theatre, Mezzo, in association with France Télévisions | Directed by Olivier Simonnet | Produced by Antoine Perset and Denis Morlière | Running time: 1x150’

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music by pyotr ilyich Tchaikovsky.Choreography and staging by rudolf nureyev after marius petipa (Opéra national de paris, 1989).

The “Ballet of ballets” as Rudolf Nureyev described it, Sleeping Beauty remains one of the jewels in the heritage of dance. First performed in 1890 at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint-Petersburg, the work combined the talents of choreographer Marius Petipa and composer Tchaikovsky.

Inspired by Charles Perrault's tale, they imagined a “fairy-tale ballet” in which dream and reality overlap and where fairies and godmothers, and the forces of Good and Evil fight over the fate of two young people. It was not until 1989 that Rudolf Nureyev restaged the work based on the original choreography for the Paris Opera Ballet.

Readopting the original order and structure of the piece, passed on by generations of dancers, he devised a choreography of dazzling academic virtuosity, alternating

between lavish ensembles and pas de deux. The sumptuous sets and costumes by Ezio Frigerio and Franca Squarciapino recreate the splendor of one of the most outstandingly accomplished masterpieces in the classical repertoire.

Conductor Fayçal KarouiSets: Ezio Frigerio | Costumes: Franca Squarciapino | Light: Vinicio Cheli

StarringThe étoiles, Premiers Danseurs and Corps de Ballet Paris Opera orchestra

ProductionA coproduction by Opéra de Paris Production, FRA Productions with the participation of France Télévisions | Directed by François Roussillon | Produced by François Roussillon | Running time: 1x150’

music by Gustav mahler.Choreography, sets and lighting by John neumeier.

The entire edifice of John Neumeier’s work is built around a profound musical sensibility. However, the choreographer, in his constant questioning of the human condition, probably finds the closest reflection of his own humanist concerns in the works of Gustav Mahler, several of whose symphonies he has set to dance. On the wings of the emotions inspired by the monumental Third Symphony, written as “a great hymn to the glory of all creation”, he enters the composer’s tormented and contrasting universe to sculpt images of a powerful and profoundlyricism. The piece is an osmosis between music and dance, shot through with a palette of emotions, from existential angst to mystical faith. Chorus and soloists accompany the dancers’ elegant movements, curved lines and vertiginous lifts, reminding us yet again of the richness of inspiration that powers Neumeier’s choreography.

Conductor Simon Hewett Chorus master: Alessandro Di Stefano

StarringEtoiles Karl Paquette | Isabelle Ciaravola | Eleonora Abbagnato | Mathias Heymann | Stéphane Bullion | Premiers Danseurs and Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris | Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus | Aline Martin (Mezzo-soprano) | Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Paris Opera Children’s Chorus

ProductionA coproduction by Opéra de Paris Production, CLC, with the participation of France Télévisions and the support of the CNC | Directed by Thomas Grimm | Produced by Sabrina Azoulay | Running time: 1x115’

The Sleeping beauty Opéra de Paris Production, FRA Productions 2013 Opéra national de Paris

Gustav mahler’s Third Symphony Opéra de Paris Production, CLC 2013 Opéra national de Paris ©

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D’ores et déjà (creation)Music by Jean-Philippe Rameau | Choreography by Béatrice Massin and Nicolas Paul | Costumes by Olivier Bériot | Light by Madjid Hakimi | with Gil Isoart and the Pupils of the Paris Opera Ballet School

Walpurgis nightExtract from act V of Faust opera | Music by Charles Gounod | Choreography by Claude Bessy after Léo Staats | Light by Madjid Hakimi | with the Pupils of the Paris Opera Ballet School

Célébration (creation)Music by Daniel François Esprit Auber | Musical arrangements by Michel Quéval | Choreography by Pierre Lacotte | Costumes by Agnès Letestu | Lighting by Madjid Hakimi | Etoiles: Ludmila Pagliero, Mathieu Ganio and Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris

péchés de JeunesseMusic by Gioacchino Rossini | Choreography by Jean-Guillaume Bart | Costumes by Philippe Binot | Light by François-Eric Valentin | with the Pupils of the Paris Opera Ballet School

aunisMusic by Maurice Pacher | Choreography by Jacques Garnier (1979) directed by Wilfried Romoli | Dancers of Corps de Ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris | Simon Valastro, Axel Ibot, Mickaël Lafon | Diatonic accordion Christian Pacher | Chromatic accordion Gérard Baraton

ProductionA coproduction by Opéra de Paris Production, François Roussillon & Associés, Arte France, with the support of the CNC | Directed and produced by François Roussillon | Running time: 1x100’

ballet in three acts by ludwig minkus.Choreography by marius petipa.Libretto by Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov. Marius Petipa’s decisive work La Bayadère was first performed at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St-Petersburg in 1877 in a grandiose production portraying a mysterious India and the impossible love between the sacred dancer Nikiya and the warrior Solor. A scene from the ballet, known as The Kingdom of the Shades, is one of the most celebrated excerpts in all of classical ballet, and is considered to be one of the first examples of abstract ballet. Living ballet legend, Yuri Grigorovich, created this version for the Bolshoi Theatre in 1991.

Nikiya, a temple dancer, has secretly sworn her eternal love to Solor, a noble warrior. When she rejects the attentions of the High Brahmin, he is furious and determines to have Solor killed…

Conductor Pavel SorokinNew scenic version: Yuri Grigorovich

StarringSvetlana Zakharova: Nikia | Alexey Loparevich: Dugmanta, Rajah | Maria Alexandrova: Gamzatti, his daughter | Vladislav Lantratov: Solor, the noble warrior | Andrey Sitnikov: The High Brahmin | Denis Medvedev: The Bronze Idol | Corps de ballet of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre | Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra ProductionA coproduction by Bel Air Media, Kultura, Medici TV, France Télévisions, Bolshoi Theatre | Directed by Vincent Bataillon | Produced by François Duplat | Running time: 1x120’

Tricentenary anniversary of the French Dance School Opera de Paris Prod., FRA Prod. 2013Opéra national de Paris

la bayadère Bel Air Media 2013Bolshoi Theatre

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Choreography by paul Taylor.

brandeburgsballet in one actmusic by Johann Sebastian bach“Beauty is the only word for Brandenburgs… [which] celebrates the good things in life. Such a radiant, seamless flow of invention that the choreography seems an entirely natural way of moving to this music.”

Mary Clarke, Manchester [uK] Guardian

beloved renegadeballet in one act music by Francis poulencSet to Francis Poulenc’s choral Gloria, the dance was inspired by the life and work of 19th Century American writer Walt Whitman, who revered the body and soul as one and who famously loved all with equal ardor. It depicts the experiences of an artist described in a line from Whitman’s Leaves of Grass: “I am the poet of the body and I am the poet of the soul.”

ProductionA coproduction by Bel Air Media, Thirteen in association with WNET, Paul Taylor Dance Foundation | Directed by Andy Sommer | Produced by François Duplat | Running time: 1x54’

paul Taylor Dance Company in paris Bel Air Media 2012 Théâtre National de Chaillot

laC (adapted from Swan lake) Telmondis 2013Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo

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music by pyotr ilyich Tchaikovsky.Choreography by Jean-Christophe maillot.World creation by Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo – Jean-Christophe Maillot

Jean-Christophe Maillot presents us with his personal vision of Swan Lake. For this project which has been dear to his heart for ten years, the choreographer wanted to work with the writer Jean Rouaud, 1990 Prix Goncourt winner, to bring a new drama to this pillar of the classic repertoire. Together they have adapted the timeless story of Siegfried and Odette so that this narrative resonates with our own questioning. The visual artist Ernest Pignon-Ernest, a long-time associate of Jean-Christophe Maillot will design the scenery for this Lac and Philippe Guillotel will be responsible for creating the costumes. Tchaikovsky’s score will be performed by the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicolas Brochot. Once more, Jean-Christophe Maillot presents a group of high-level artists. The combination of these

talented artists and performers together with Jean-Christophe Maillot’s skill and sensitivity promises an exciting reinterpretation of this major work and a great ballet at the end of the year.

Scenography Ernest Pignon-ErnestCostumes: Philippe Guillotel | Dramaturgy: Jean Rouaud | Additional Music: Bertrand Maillot | Light: Jean-Christophe Maillot and Samuel Thery | Musical direction: Leonard Slatkin – Swan Lake Ballet Op. 20

StarringBernice Coppieters | Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo | Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra

ProductionA coproduction by Telmondis, Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo in association with France Télévisions, Mezzo | Directed by Jean Christophe Maillot and Denis Caiozzi | Produced by Antoine Perset and Denis Morlière | Running time: 1x92’

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music by hector berlioz.Choreography by Thierry malandain.In the film Romeo and Juliet everything is tensioned and necessary in this choir room, where images succeed, fluid and strong, as arisen from the musical flow. And, here the choreography of Thierry Malandain is created with arabesques, pirouettes, jumps, constantly broken and redistributed in an urgent motion.

StarringMalandain Ballet Biarritz

ProductionA coproduction by Les Films Figures Libres | Directed by Sonia Paramo | Produced by Sonia Paramo | Filmed at the Victoria Eugenia Theater, Spain | Running time: 1x80’

music by Sergei prokofiev.Choreography by Thierry malandain.Visionary choreographer Thierry Malandain takes this monument of Ballet, on the partition by Sergei Prokofiev, to give us his very personal vision. Malandain stays true to the drama Cinderella and explores some of the themes he particularly likes: the search for an ideal, the truth revealed, the duality that sleeps in each of us…

StarringMalandain Ballet Biarritz

ProductionA coproduction by Les Films Figures Libres | Directed by Sonia Paramo | Produced by Sonia Paramo | Filmed at the Royal Opera of Versailles | Running time: 1x100’

romeo and Juliet Les Films Figures Libres 2013 Malandain Ballet Biarritz

Cinderella Les Films Figures Libres 2013 Malandain Ballet Biarritz

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The legend of love

Mariinsky Theatre

Telmondis 2014

artistic information ballet in three acts by yuri GrigorovichMusic by Arif MelikovLibretto by Nazim Khikmet

Musical direction Valery Gergiev

starring Principal dancers, soloists and corps de ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre

Production A coproduction by Telmondis, Mariinsky Theatre

running tiMe 1x125’ approximately

anna kareninaMariinsky Theatre

Telmondis 2014

artistic information ballet in two acts by alexei ratmanskyMusic by Rodion ShchedrinAfter the novel of Leo Tolstoy

Musical direction Valery Gergiev

starring Principal dancers, soloists and corps de ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre

Production A coproduction by Telmondis, Mariinsky Theatre

running tiMe 1x80’

The Golden hordeTatar Opera and

Ballet Theatre, Kazan

Telmondis 2014

artistic information ballet in two acts by Georgy kovtunMusic by Rezeda AkhiyarovaLibretto by the poet Renat Kharis

World premiere at the Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre on 22 and 23 September 2013

starring Principal dancers, soloists and corps de ballet of the Tatar Theatre

Production A coproduction by Telmondis, the Tatar Opera and Ballet Theatre

running tiMe 1x125’ approximately

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Opéra national de Paris

Opéra national de Paris, La Belle Télé 2014

artistic information Dances at a GatheringChoreography by Jerome Robbins Music by Frédéric Chopin

psychéChoreography by Alexei Ratmansky (Opéra national de Paris, 2011)Music by César Franck (Symphonic poem for orchestra and chorus)

conducted by Felix Krieger

starring: étoiles, Premiers Danseurs and Corps de Ballet, Paris Opera Orchestra

Production A coproduction by Opéra national de Paris, La Belle télé with the participation of France Télévisions

running tiMe 1x120’

George balanchinebenjamin millepied

Opéra national de Paris

Opéra national de Paris, Telmondis 2014

artistic information le palais de Cristal Choreography by George BalanchineMusic by Georges Bizet (Symphony in C major)

Daphnis et Chloé (Creation)Choreography by Benjamin MillepiedMusic by Maurice Ravel (complete version)

conducted by Philippe Jordan

starring: étoiles, Premiers Danseurs and Corps de Ballet, Paris Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Production A coproduction by Opéra national de Paris, Telmondis with the participation of France Télévisions

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Teodor Currentzis’ portrait at perm Opera Calle Carmen 2013 Documentary / Perm Opera, Russia

Cinderella on the way to versailles Les Films Figures Libres 2012/13

Documentary / Malandain Ballet Biarritz

Wagner, a genius in exile Bel Air Media 2013Documentary

laC by Jean-Christophe maillot Ere Production 2013 Documentary / Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo

Thierry Malandain, choreographer, is working hard on his latest challenge: the creation of the ballet Cinderella with an orchestra of 90 musicians who accompany him on this project. For this, the Ballet requires the cooperation of the Euskadi Symphony Orchestra. So, two neighboring countries, two cultures and artistic disciplines come together in a common project of dance and music. The documentary follows the preparation of this new challenge, since the beginning and until the final scene. The film ends with the Premiere at the Royal Opera of Versailles.

Production A coproduction by Les Films Figures Libres, SINCRO, EITV, Malandain Ballet Biarritz, with the participation of France Télévisions and the Euskadi Symphony Orchestra | Directed by Sonia Paramo | Produced by Sonia Paramo | Running time: 1x52’

This documentary is an immersion in Perm Opera’s life, a Siberian city in full Cultural Revolution, where an ensemble has moved since a few years, MusicAeterna and its conductor,Teodor Currentzis, united by devouring passion for classical musical and the desire to revolutionize musical genre.We filmed the everyday life of these musicians during the recording by Sony Classical of the masterpiece of Mozart and his librettist da Ponte, Cosi fan Tutte, a moment of work and intense sharing far from conventions, fed by exchange, humanity and passion

Production A coproduction by Calle Carmen, Little Tribeca, Mezzo, with the participation of Cinaps TV | Directed by Geoffroy Duval | Produced by Nicolas Bartholomée, Simon Marre | Running time: 1x52’

Here, Jean-Christophe Maillot presents us with his personal vision of Swan Lake. For this project which has been dear to his heart for ten years, the choreographer wanted to work with the writer Jean Rouaud, 1990 Prix Goncourt winner, to bring a new drama to this pillar of the classic repertoire.

The combination of the talented artists and performers together with Jean-Christophe Maillot’s skill and sensitivity promises an exciting reinterpretation of this major work and a great ballet at the end of the year.

Production A coproduction by Ere Production, France Télévisions, MezzoDirected by Alain GuillonProduced by Christian Monzinger Running time: 1x52’

Wagner’s operas will be treated like characters in their own right. Indeed,Richard Wagner had always sought a deep source of musical inspiration through his confrontations with nature, never hesitating to face the most violent of storms nor take the maddest of risks. To enter into this more “romantic” dimension, Antoine Wagner will call on the Swiss orchestra conductor, Philippe Jordan, to reveal which musical passages are directly inspired by these places and ambiances.

Production A coproduction by Bel Air Media, SRF | Directed by Andy Sommer | Produced by François Duplat | Running time: 1x52’

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ludwig van beethoven piano Concertos Bel Air Media 2013 Salle Métropole, Lausanne

Dissonances Heliox 2013 Opéra de Dijon

vespro della beata vergine Wahoo prod. 2014 Château de Versailles

Shostakovich The Complete Symphonies & Concertos Telmondis 2013/14 Pleyel Hall, Paris

Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, op. 15Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” in E-flat major, Op. 73

Conducted by Christian Zacharias

StarringOrchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

Production A coproduction by Bel Air Media, RTS, Arte, Mezzo, TV5 Monde | Directed by Andy Sommer | Produced by François Duplat | Running time: 1x170’

Violinist David Grimal's “Les Dissonances” ensemble is a libertarian orchestra playing without a conductor.

ludwig van beethoven Symphony No. 4 In B-flat major, Op.60

ludwig van beethoven Symphony No. 8 In F major, Op.93

Johannes brahms Symphony No.4 In E Minor, Op.98 – Do you (still) love Brahms?

Gérard Grisey Vortex Temporum

Franz Schubert Symphony No. 8 In B minor (“Unfinished”), D.759

Production A coproduction by Heliox, Bel Ombre films, Opéra de Dijon, in association with en association avec Les Dissonances et David Grimal | Directed by Frédéric Delesques | Pierre-François Découflé | Running time: 1x34’, 1x26’, 1x40’, 1x47’, 1x24’

artistic information Musical composition by Claudio Monteverdi

conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

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Silvia Frigato, sopranoEmanuela Galli, sopranoNicholas Mulroy, tenorKrystian Adam, tenorMonteverdi ChoirEnglish Baroque SoloistsChildren's Choir of the Maîtrise du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles

Production A production by Wahoo production

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Valery Gergiev is combining performances of Dmitri Shostakovich's first and last symphonies in one concert.The composer was only 19 when his Symphony n°1 was performed in Leningrad. Far from being academic, this work already has a true personality, especially in its treatment of rhythm. The Fifteenth Symphony which was first performed almost fifty years later, in Moscow, innovates through its borrowing from other works in the repertoire, especially the Opening of William Tell by Rossini.

Musical direction Valery Gergiev

Starring Denis Matsuev: piano | Vadim Repin: violin | Mario Brunello: cello | Danii Trifonov: piano | Gautier Capuçon: cello | Orchestra and Choir of the Mariinsky Theater

Production A coproduction by The Mariinsky Theatre, Telmondis, Mezzo, in association with France Télévisions and the support of the CNC | Directed by Don Kent | Produced by Antoine Perset and Denis Morlière |

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One of the oldest and most famous circuses in Russia. Within its historical walls (the building was constructed in 1880) there have always performed the most famous artists — the names of many of them have become a legend — and the whole circus dynasties.

StarringNikulin Circus Troupe

ProductionA coproduction by Telmondis, Nikulin Circus, France Télévisions | Directed by Dominique Thiel | Produced by Antoine Perset, Emma Enjalbert and Denis Morlière | Running time: 1x115’

nikulin Circus Telmondis 2013 Nikulin Circus, Moscow

The Tomorrow's Circus World Festival is a unique event in the world. Over the last 30 years it has enabled young artistes from the world over to show off their talent to enthusiastic and spellbound audiences. Since 1977 more than 1000 acts have contributed to writing the new pages of circus history.

These exceptional encounters are an opportunity for numerous performers from all cultures and backgrounds to compare, enrich and widen their talents. Be they from Japan, Canada, China, Denmark or the united States, performers from the entire planet are guests under the big top of the Cirque Phénix in Paris, the biggest circus in the world. Over the years, the Tomorrow’s Circus World Festival has become the essential reference for all circus lovers.

ProductionA coproduction by Telmondis, Arte, Arte Live Web | Directed by Roberto Maria Grassi | Produced by Antoine Perset, Emma Enjalbert and Denis Morlière | Running time: 1x90’

The Greatest magicians in the World

Created in 1990, the International Festival of Illusion and Magic (Festival International de l'Illusion et de la Prestidigitation), the Golden Mandrakes has become the annual fixture for the world's greatest magicians, who come to compete in the festival of magic to win the supreme accolade: The Golden Mandrake.

ProductionA coproduction by Mega Magie, Paris Première | Directed by Laurent Brun | Produced by Gilles Arthur | Running time: 1x105’

35th Tomorrow’s Circus World Festival Telmondis 2014Cirque Phénix Paris

Golden mandrakes Mega Magie 2013Théâtre du Gymnase Marie-Bell, Paris

Created in 1974 by H.S.H. Prince Rainier III of Monaco, the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo has become the largest and most prestigious circus event in the world. It awards the most respected prize in the world of the circus, namely the “Golden Clown” (Clown d’Or) award.

Organized and presided by H.S.H. Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, a selection of the best international acts is presented each year at the Festival which is broadcasted around the globe.

ProductionA coproduction by Telmondis, France Télévisions, Rai 3, Das Erste, RSI, SRF, RTBF, KRO, SIC | Directed by Massimo Manganaro | Produced by Antoine Perset, Emma Enjalbert and Denis Morlière | Running time: 1x110’

38th international Circus Festival of monte-Carlo Telmondis 2014Principauté de Monaco

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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

MUsiC and direCTion by Michel LegrandLyriCs by Jacques demy - sTage direCTion by Vincent Vittoz

sepTeMber 2014 – HdTV – a CoprodUCTion by THéâTre MUsiCaL de paris-CHâTeLeT and TeLMondis

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de CherbourgLes parapluies

With Natalie Dessay and Laurent Naouri