Program Mezzo

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

Claudio Abbado 10 years after

Born in the United States, Madeleine Peyroux is a jazz singer and guitarist with an unclassifiable style and an exceptional artistic personality, carried by a voice that is both soft and husky, with blues and folk accents. After spending part of her childhood in the United States, she moved to France as a teenager where she joined her first jazz bands. An atypical artist, she performs a lot in the street while participating in festivals and creating her own albums. In 2004, she had an international success with Careless Love. Other albums have been released since, including the recent Anthem (2018), the title of which is taken from a Leonard Cohen song.