Souvenirs de Monte-Carlo Jean-François Borras, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo & Pierre Dumoussaud

• Raoul Gunsbourg (1860 - 1955): Le vieil aigle:
• 1 Gunsbourg: Le vieil aigle: Quand je pense à Zina 03:59
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912): Werther, Act III:
• 2 Massenet: Werther, Act III: Toute mon âme est là ! Pourquoi me réveiller 02:50
• Werther, Act II:
• 3 Massenet: Werther, Act II: Oui ! Ce qu'elle m'ordonne… Lorsque l'enfant revient 04:00
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869): Béatrice et Bénédict, H. 138, Act I:
• 4 Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict, H. 138, Act I: Ah ! Je vais l'aimer 02:51
• Charles Gounod (1818 - 1893): Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act V Scene 2:
• 5 Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act V Scene 2: Le sommeil de Juliette 02:33
• Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act IV Scene 2:
• 6 Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act IV Scene 2: C'est là… Salut ! Tombeau sombre et silencieux 05:52
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875): Carmen, WD 31, Act II:
• 7 Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act II: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée 04:01
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880): Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act I:
• 8 Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act I: Il était un fois à la cour d'Eisenach 05:00
• Jules Massenet: Manon, Act III:
• 9 Massenet: Manon, Act III: Je suis seul… Ah ! Fuyez, douce image 04:44
• Manon, Act II:
• 10 Massenet: Manon, Act II: Enfin, Manon… en fermant les yeux 04:45
• Roma, Act III:
• 11 Massenet: Roma, Act III: Je vais la voir 04:26
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945): Amica, Act I Scene 11:
• 12 Mascagni: Amica, Act I Scene 11: Intermezzo 09:07
• Amica, Act I:
• 13 Mascagni: Amica, Act I: Vous restez à l'écart 05:15
• Jules Massenet: Hérodiade:
• 14 Massenet: Hérodiade: Prélude 02:52
• Hérodiade, Act IV:
• 15 Massenet: Hérodiade, Act IV: Ne pouvant réprimer… Adieu donc, vains objets 05:50
• Charles Gounod: Polyeucte, CG 11, Act IV Scene 1:
• 16 Gounod: Polyeucte, CG 11, Act IV Scene 1: Source délicieuse en misères féconde 05:22
• Total Runtime 01:13:27

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This recital by Jean-François Borras honours the fascinating history of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, the house that has performed more French repertoire than any other. Jean-François Borras, who received his initial training in the choir of the Monte-Carlo Cathedral and is an internationally-renowned ambassador of French vocal style, presents excerpts from works by Mascagni, Gunsbourg and Massenet that were composed for the Opéra there. Raoul Gunsbourg was the director of the Opéra de Monte Carlo (architect Charles Garnier) from 1893-1951 and the variety of his programming created the institution’s exceptional renown. Borras sings arias from operas that he has performed on the stage of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, including Roméo et Juliette (Gounod), Manon, Hérodiade, Werther (Massenet), Carmen (Bizet) and Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach), accompanied by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo under Pierre Dumoussaud, a young French conductor and specialist in operatic repertoire who is rapidly building an international career.

Jean-Francois Borras, tenor
Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo
Pierre Dumoussaud, conductor

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Jean-François Borras
is considered one of the best tenors of his generation. He currently performs in the biggest international theaters.

In recent years, Jean-François has interpreted Chavalier Des Grieux with greta success at the Opéra de Paris, Montecarlo, Valencia and at Staatsoper in Wien, and also Raimbaut in “Robert le Diable” and Nabucco at Covent Garden, Alfredo in Montecarlo, Chavalier de la Force at Santa Cecilia, La Vestale and Macduff at Théâtre des Champs Elysées. He performs at Staatsoper in Wien in La Traviata, La bohème, Faust and Werther and also Lakmé in Toulon, Ballo in Maschera in Munich and Metz, Thaïs in Sao Paulo, Béatrice et Bénédict at Matsumoto Festival, Edgardo at Avignon, Firenze and Palermo.

Jean-François has replaced Jonas Kaufman in Werther at Metropolitan Opera in New York in 2014.

He has returned there for Rigoletto, La Bohème, Werther and Thaïs. He sang Carmen at Opéra de Paris, at Oper Frankfurt and Teatro Regio in Turin, La Damnation de Faust and Werther at Opéra di Montecarlo, his debut in Eugene Onegin at Theatres des Champs Elysées, Carmen at Opéra de Toulouse and Teatro Calderon de Valladolid.

More recently, a concert form of Herodiade at Opera National de Lyon and Theatre des Champs Elysées, his debut as Turiddu at Teatro La Fenice, Werther at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, his debut as Cavaradossi at Opéra de Dijion, Carmen at Hamburgische Staatsoper e at Teatro San Carlo.

He sings under the baton of Alain Guingal, Evelino Pido, Daniel Oren, P. Fournillier, Daniele Calegari, Fabrizio Carminati, Michel Plasson, Alain Altinoglu e Stéphane Denève, Roberto Abbado, Daniele Gatti, Roberto Rizzi Brignoli, Riccardo Frizza, Emmanuel Villaume, Dan Ettinger.

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