Program Mezzo

McCoy Tyner: Piano Solo McCoy Tyner (piano) Directed by Janos Darvas Munich, Kongressaal, 1983

Franco Ambrosetti Quintet, Estival Jazz, Franco Ambrosetti (Saxhorn) George Gruntz (piano) Steve Coleman (saxophone) J.F Clark (bass) Daniel Humair (drums) Recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss Tv director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Mel Lewis Orchestra Jazz Estival Mel Lewis (drums) Simo Salminen (trumpet) Ted Nash (saxophone) Kenny Werner (piano) John Marshall (trumpet) Joe Mosello (trumpet) Joe Lovano (saxophone) Jerry Dodgion (saxophone) Earl Gardner (trumpet) Dennis Irwin (doublebass) Recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss Tv director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

Solrey (artistic and musical direction) Traffic Quintet Bertrand Cervera (1st violon), Elsa Benabdallah (2ndviolin), Estelle Villotte (viola), Raphael Perraud (cello), Philippe Noharet (double bass), Sylvain Blassel (harp), Brenda Poupard (mezzo-soprano) Igor Stravinsky 1882 - 1971 Pulcinella Nino Rota 1911 - 1979 extract from ‘Casanova’, music for the film by Federico Fellini Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756 - 1791 extracts from ‘Don Giovanni’ Antonio Vivaldi 1678 - 1741 Cello Concerto in D minor RV 481 | Larghetto Alexandre Desplat 1961 Ciao Casanova Little Women Ryuichi Sakamoto 1952 - 2023 High Heels Antonio Vivaldi excerpt from ‘Juditha Triumphans’ RV 644 John Williams 1932 - Catch me if you can John Barry 1933 - 2011 The Persuaders! You Only Live Twice Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Voi, che sapete (‘Le Nozze di Figaro’) Directed by Marc Pasteau Venice, Teatro La Fenice, September 2, 2023

Richard Strauss and his Heroines Divorce! After six years of marriage the choleric and chronically jealous Pauline, daughter of a general, has had enough of Richard Strauss. Pauline always knew it: her husband who at 36 is celebrated as the most important living German composer across the globe is cheating on her. His congeniality and moral uprightness is just a mask! Are his inspirations for the erotic escapades which are the basis of several of his tone poems and songs based on the love affairs of the artist? The film Richard Strauss and his Heroines goes on an exciting journey discovering the women in Strauss’ life. At the focus is primarily his relationship with Pauline, to whom he was married for over 55 years up to his death. Until today she applies as a harridan who often embarrassed her husband in public. It hereby falls under the table that Strauss at the beginning and the end of his relationship composed his finest songs for the trained singer who gave up her career for him and covered his back for the rest of his life. What was it that made the broken old man, who experienced the most varied of epochs in German history, from the Empire to the Nazi dictatorship to the post-war period, write in 1948 in his final song (“At Sunset”) one of the most moving declarations of love in the history of music: “We have through sorrow and joy gone hand in hand”? Richard Strauss and his Heroines – this is the first filmed search for clues about the unforgettable heroines created by Strauss. It is both the story of a turbulent, and at the end moving, love story of two people who were prepared to walk through fire for each other. We visit Strauss' last surviving grandchild in Garmisch and we meet the great Strauss singers Brigitte Fassbaender, Reneé Fleming, Dame Gwyneth Jones and Christa Ludwig, who report on their famous Strauss roles. With the conductor Franz Welser-Möst we research the secret of Strauss’ instrumentation genius. Strauss expert Christoph Wagner-Trenckwitz, member of the board of the Vienna Volksoper, leads us through the film. Directed by Thomas von Steinaecker 2014

Thaïs 'Comédie lyrique' in three acts by Jules Massenet (1842 – 1912) Libretto by Louis Gallet based on the novel by Anatole France First performance in Paris, Opéra, 16 March 1894 Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean-Yves Ossonce (conductor) Monte-Carlo Opera Chorus Jean-Louis Grinda (Stage director) Marina Rebeka (Thaïs) Ludovic Tézier (Athanaël) Jean-François Borras (Nicias) Philippe Kahn (Palémon) Marie Gautrot (Albine) Cassandre Berthon (Crobyle) Valentine Lemercier (Myrtale) Jennifer Courcier (La Charmeuse) Directed by Gabriel Grinda Monte-Carlo, Opera, 28 January 2021

Richter, the Enigma Prokofiev's 9th Sonata was dedicated to him, he played at Stalin's funeral with Oistrakh and Rostropovitch and accompanied Schwarzkopf and Fischer-Dieskau: Sviatoslav Richter was THE Soviet pianist par excellence. This portrait, illustrated with rare and unpublished archival documents from the 1950s to the artist's death, gives a view of life in Soviet Russia from the perspective of one of the greatest and yet most enigmatic world pianists. Directed by Bruno Monsaingeon 1997

Scott Ross – Traces of a Shooting Star 1951 – 1989 Scott on the Ross, about the recording of the 555 sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti Villeneuve lez Avignon, Tinel, April 1985 Produced by Bernard Tournois and Martina Catella Les maîtres de musique - Works by Domenico Scarlatti and Padre Antonio Soler Domenico Scarlatti 1685 – 1757 Sonata in D minor K 1 Sonata in A major K 6 Sonata in F sharp minor K 25 Sonata in B minor K 27 Sonata in E major K 380 Sonata in E major K 381 Sonata in A major K 208 Sonata in A major K 209 Antonio Soler 1729 – 1783 2 sonatas in D minor R 49 & R 15 2 sonatas in F major R 56 & R 69 Fandango R 146 Paris, Théâtre du Ranelagh, May 7, 1988 Directed by Georges Bessonnet Digital restoration 2024

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner (Conductor) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Mass in B minor, BWV 232 Château de Versailles, Chapelle Royale, 8 April 2023

Youn Sun Nah Quartet Youn Sun Nah (vocals) Christopher Jones (acoustic bass, electric bass), Thomas Naïm (acoustic guitar, electric guitar), Tony Paeleman (piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer) Annecy, Bonlieu, 23 March 2023

Joachim Kühn (piano) Directed by Dieter Hens Munich, Klaviersommer 1999

Estival Jazz, Jimmy Witherspoon quartet Rozaa Wortham recorded in 1985, Lugano, Swiss TV director, Sandro Pedrazzetti

International Conducting Competition Rotterdam 2025

Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Works by Puccini, Martucci, Tosti, Verdi, Albéniz Rencontres Musicales d’Evian, 30 June 2024

Rivalry in Music – Schönberg vs. Stravinsky At the beginning of the 20th century, two famous composers were at the avant-garde while being at the antipodes: Igor Stravinsky, elegant and sophisticated, who revolutionized rhythm on the one hand – and on the other the intellectual and misanthropic Arnold Schoenberg with his visionary 12-tone technique. What began as a respectful meeting between these two composers soon turned into a bitter rivalry that led to a fundamental debate about progress and truth in music. Directed by Sylvie Kürsten 2021

Carl Nielsen – Between heaven and earth This documentary is intended to draw a psychological portrait of Nielsen, a composer in the turbulent times at the turn of the 20th century and the First World War. Who was this son of a provincial house painter whose workers’ and children’s songs are still commonplace today? Directed by Magdalena Zięba-Schwind

Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón (musical direction) Ana Vieira Leite (soprano), Mariana Flores (soprano), Léo Fernique (countertenor), Valerio Contaldo (tenor), Matteo Bellotto (bass) Vincenzo Tozzi (1612 – 1679) Qual Suono Roland de Lassus (1532 –1594) Kyrie eleison Anonimo Fermarono i cieli Tommaso Carapella (1665 –1736) Ho vinto, Amor Anonimo U Ciucciu Cataldo Amodei (1650 –1695) Va, ché l’hai fatto a me Anonimo La canzone di Cecilia Sigismondo d’India (1582 –1629) Mercé ! Grido piangendo Pasquale Carroza Amantissime Jesu (Sinfonia) Cataldo Amodei In solitare arene Corrado Bonfiglio Caro amante José Marín (1618- 1699) Ojos, pues me desdeñáis Giovanni M. Trabaci (1575 - 1647) Canzona francesa cromatica Sigismondo d’India Dispietata Pietate Cataldo Amodei La Parca Tirannide Vezzosa Anonimo A riturnella Santiago de Murcia (1673-1739) Tarantela Española Alessandro Scarlatti (1660 –1725) Mori mi dici Sigismondo d’India Piangono al pianger moi Leonardo García Alarcón (1976 - ) Madrigal in 5 in fugue on La Canzone di Cecilia Chantilly, Les Coups de Cœur de Chantilly, 12 October 2025

Mata Hari Choreography by Ted Brandsen Libretto by Janine Brogt Music by Tarik O'Regan Dutch Ballet Orchestra Matthew Rowe, conductor Sets, Lights, Clement & Sanôu Costume, François-Noël Cherpin With Mata Hari / Margaretha - Anna Tsygankova Rudolph McLeod - Casey Herd General Kiepert - Jozef Varga Vadime de Masloff - Artur Shesterikov Shiva - Young Gyu Choi Temple Dancer- Wen Ting Guan Frieda McLeod - Emanouela Merdjanova Isadora Duncan - Erica Horwood La Madame- Nadia Yanowsky MC - Edo Wijnen M. Guimet - Anatole Babenko Lieutenant Ladoux - Roman Artyushkin Aunts- Wendeline Wijkstra, Pascalle Paerel et Hannah de Klein Uncles - Wolfgang Tietze, Peter Leung et Matthew Pawlicki-Sinclair Adam Zelle (Margaretha's father) - Nicolas Rapaic And the Dutch National Ballet Live from Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam TV Director, Jeff Tudor

Martha Argerich, Iddo Bar-Shaï (piano), Maxim Vengerov (violin), Mischa Maisky (cello) Les Siècles, Ion Marin (Conductor) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) Carnival of the animals Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Triple concerto in C major Op. 56 Château de Chantilly, 4 May 2021

Guercœur Opera in three acts by Albéric Magnard 1865 - 1914 Libretto by the composer First performed in Paris, Opéra, 23 April 1931 Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, Chœur de l’Opéra national du Rhin, Ingo Metzmacher (Conductor) Hendrik Haas (chorus master) Christof Loy (Director) Johannes Leiacker (Set Design), Ursula Renzenbrink (Costumes), Olaf Winter (Lighting) Stéphane Degout (Guercœur) Catherine Hunold (Vérité) Antoinette Dennefeld (Giselle) Julien Henric (Heurtal) Eugénie Joneau (Bonté) Gabrielle Philiponet (Beauté) Adriana Bignagni Lesca (Souffrance) Marie Lenormand (L’Ombre d’une femme) Alysia Hanshaw (L’Ombre d’une vierge) Glen Cunningham (L’Ombre d’un poète) Strasbourg, Opéra du Rhin, 4 May 2024