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Bizet’s Djamileh: The Unexpected Wagnerite

Inside the Score with Lewis Gaston (conductor) 

“Bizet: The Pioneer in the Shadows” – 3 part lecture series (bookable individually)

Accompanied each week by two of Opera Prelude’s young singers and Laurie O’Brien (piano)

Georges Bizet (1838-1875) sits amongst the romantic heroes, not as a character from an opera but as a composer forever the victim of circumstance, misfortune and an early death. Despite the steadfast place Carmen holds within the repertory, Bizet died before the opera achieved the fame it holds today. Only his father, who lived on after him, could witness the success his son had always strived for. In these three lectures we will take three of Bizet’s works in the context of his entire oeuvre, much of it lost now.

With Rosie Clifford (mezzo) and Alex Haigh (tenor)

We now take two of the composer’s late works. First Djamileh (1870), with its Wagnerian harmony that is rarely associated with Bizet or French opera. Despite its shortcomings as a dramatic piece we will hear some of Bizet’s most powerful and beautiful music he had ever composed.

Details

Date:
February 28, 2017
Time
10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Cost:
£30.00
Website:
http://www.operaprelude.com

Venue

Caversham Room, Cadogan Hall
5 Sloane Terrace
London, SW1X 9DQ United Kingdom
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Phone:
0207 730 4500
Website

Organizer

Opera Prelude
Phone:
07908894333
Email:
Website:
www.operaprelude.com

Other

Full Name
Hannah Jones
Email
marketing@operaprelude.com
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