On May 3rd mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez sings the title role in a concert version of Gluck’s opera Iphigénie en Tauride together with the Balthasar-Neumann Choir and Orchestra and conductor Thomas Hengelbrock. Alongside Arquez one can hear Alexandre Duhamel as Thoas, Domen Križaj in the role of Orest, Paolo Fanaleas Pylades and Marianne Croux as Diana. The concert takes please at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.
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Mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez returns to the Opéra Royal of Versailles for a concert performance of Handel’s Alcina. Arquez takes the role of Ruggiero and is joined on stage by Lisette Oropesa in the title role. The concert takes place on April 29.
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Mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez joins Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, under the baton of Jérémie Rhorer, for a concert tour in Spain. The program titled «Amor Furor» includes a variety of Arias from operas by Mozart, Gluck, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Bizet, Mendelssohn, Donizetti and Rossini. The concerts take place in Auditorio Príncipe Felipe in Ovideo on April 6 […]
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Mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez makes her house debut at Opéra de Monte-Carlo in Ravel’s L'Heure espagnole and L'Enfant et les Sortilèges where she sings the roles Concepción and L’Enfant respectively. The performances mark the 150th anniversary of Maurice Ravel's birth and the Centenary of the premiere of L'Enfant et les sortilèges. The production by Jean-Louis Grinda is lead under the musical direction of Kazuki Yamada and can be experienced on March 21, 23, 25 and 27.
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On February 9 mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez gives a recital together with pianist Susan Manoff. The recital titled Love of Song presents Hector Berlioz’ Les Nuits d’été, six melodies composed by on poems by Théophile Gautier. The recital takes place in Salle Favart at the Opera Comique, Paris.
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Mezzo-Soprano Gaëlle Arquez returns to the Berlin State Opera in her signature role as Carmen. Arquez is joined on stage by Ivan Gyngazov as Don José, Łukasz Goliński as Escamillo, Clara Nadeshdin as Micaëla and Maria Kokareva as Frasquita. Martin Kušej’s production of Bizet’s masterpiece is performed under the baton of Valentin Uryupin. The opera can be experienced on December 7, 10, 13, 21, 27 and January 5.
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Mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez performs a recital together with pianist Mary Olivon under the auspices of the festival Les Journées Ravel. The festival pays a tribute to Maurice Ravel and the program therefore mainly consists of Ravel songs as well as pieces by Berlioz, Tailleferre and Fauré. The recital takes place on October 12 in the Église Saint-Éloi church in Montfort l'Amaury, France.
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Mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez performs a concert version of Saint-Saëns’ L’Ancêtre with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo under the baton of Kazuki Yamada. Arquez takes the role of Vanina and is joined on stage by soprano Jennifer Holloway, soprano Hélène Carpentier, tenor Julien Henric, baritone Michael Arivony and baritone Matthieu Lécroart. The concert will take place on October 6 at the Auditorium Rainier III, Monaco.
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Mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez returns to her signature role as Carmen with the Opéra Comique at the Edinburgh International Festival 2024 in cooperation with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. The new production of Bizet's masterpiece is brought to the stage by conductor Louis Langrée and director Andreas Homoki. The performances take place at the Edinburgh Festival Theatre on August 4, 6 and 8.
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