2023 12 30 New Year’s Eve in Paris
Co-production with Megaron – the Athens Concert Hall
Sat. 30 December 2023 20:30
Megaron – The Athens Concert Hall
Christos Lambrakis Hall
The appointment of the Athens State Orchestra with the audience of the Megaron on New Year’s Eve is an established musical institution, inextricably linked to the festive Christmas season and the joyful welcoming of the New Year. This year, the subject of the long-awaited New Year’s gala is the French opera. Although less famous and widespread compared to the Italian opera, French opera is today widely recognised, with many enchanting arias and brilliant orchestral excerpts being particularly popular and loved by the general public. Many of them, among the most recognizable and entertaining, will be heard at tonight’s gala, performed by four eminent lyrical singers under the guidance of seasoned conductor Myron Michaelides.
Event Programme
GEORGES BIZET
1838–1875
"Au fond du temple saint", At the back of the holy temple, duet from "Les pêcheurs de perles", The Pearl Fishers
JULES MASSENET
(1842–1912)
"II est doux, iI est bon", from Herodiade
"Pourquoi me réveiller", aria from Werther
FERDINAND HEROLD
(1791–1833)
Overture from the opera «Zampa»
LEO DELIBES
(1836-1891)
Flower duet from the opera Lakme
CHARLES GOUNOD
(1818-1893)
"Avant de quitter ces lieux', aria from the opera Faust
GEORGES BIZET
1838–1875
Carmen, Prelude (Les Toréadors) from Carmen Suite no. 1
"Habanera" from the opera Carmen
JULES MASSENET
(1842–1912)
"Aragonaise" from the ballet of the opera Le Cid
"Navarraise" from the ballet of the opera Le Cid
GEORGES BIZET
1838–1875
Intermezzo from Carmen
"Aragonaise" from Carmen Suite no. 1
"Je crois entendre encore", aria from the opera The Pearl Fishers
JULES MASSENET
(1842–1912)
"Elle m' aime, elle pense à moi", aria from the opera Werther
CAMILLE SAINT SAENS
(1835–1921)
"Mon coeur sˋouvre à ta voix", aria from the opera Samson and Delilah
JULES MASSENET
(1842–1912)
"Dis moi que je suis belle", aria from the opera Thaïs
Meditation for solo violin and orchestra, from the opera Thaïs
JACQUES OFFENBACH
(1819-1880)
"Cancan" from the opera La vie parisienne
"Barcarolle" from the opera The Tales of Hoffmann
CHARLES GOUNOD
(1818-1893)
"O pur bonheur, o joie immense", quartet from the opera Romeo and Juliet
Event Programme
Featuring
CONDUCTOR
Myron Michailidis
SOLOISTS
Alexia Voulgaridou, soprano
Lucrezia Venturiello, mezzo soprano
Antonis Koronaios, tenor
Dimitris Tiliakos, baritone
