Phrasing, perfecting techniques, style, and repertoire. The great artists performing on our stage share their passion and expertise with the young talents of the Opéra-Comique Académie in this masterclass, open to all!
Cast
Cyrille Dubois, with artists from the Académie de l'Opéra-Comique: Déborah Salazar, soprano • Thaïs Raï-Westphal, soprano • Flore Royer, mezzo-soprano • Paul-Louis Barlet, baritone • Félix Merle, baritone • Ayano Kamei, Flore-Élise Capelier, vocal coaches/pianists • Mathieu Pordoy, director of musical studies
Cyrille Dubois © Ph-Delval
Programme
With Louis Langrée and artists from the Académie de l’Opéra-Comique
Provisional programme: two academy members will sing in public
Déborah Salazar, soprano
- Louis Beydts (1895-1953) Chanson des oiseaux, extrait des Chansons pour les oiseaux, poème de Paul Fort
Thaïs Raï-Westphal, soprano
- Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Fêtes galantes, premier recueil, poèmes de Paul Verlaine
Flore Royer, mezzo-soprano
- Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Tel jour, telle nuit, cycle de neuf mélodies, poèmes de Paul Éluard
Paul-Louis Barlet, baritone
- Joseph-Guy Ropartz (1864-1955) Quatre poèmes
Félix Merle, baritone
- Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Dans la forêt de septembre, poème de Charles Van Lerberghe
- Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) Le Papillon et la fleur, poème de Victor Hugo
- Jean Cras (1879-1932) Fontaines : L’Antique fontaine, poème de Jean-Aubry
- Joseph-Guy Ropartz (1864-1955) Intermezzo : Pourquoi vois-je pâlir la rose parfumée, poème de Catulle Mendès
The Academy of the Opéra-Comique
A major player in operatic creation, the Opéra-Comique has launched its new Académie in 2023. Aimed at new generations of performers, the Académie de l'Opéra-Comique is designed to promote the comic opera genre and its specific art of interpretation, as close as possible to the texts and the stage, among young talent.
As a centre of artistic excellence in French singing and the art of the spoken and sung word, it nurtures the artistic vitality of the Opéra-Comique's opera season by promoting the values of fairness, diversity and inclusion that the theatre stands for. The Académie also aims to develop new ways of looking at opera and to encourage the emergence of new artistic formats through creative residencies and the continuous presence of young artists throughout the opera season.
