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Souvenirs de Monte-Carlo

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

Label: Alpha Classics
Catalogue number: ALPHA1095
EAN / barcode: 3701624510957
Release date: 6 June 2025

This recital by tenor Jean-François Borras is a tribute to 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 first training in the choir of Monte-Carlo Cathedral and is an internationally recognized ambassador of the French vocal style, presents here excerpts from works by Mascagni, Gunsbourg and Massenet, which were composed there for the Opéra. Raoul Gunsbourg was director of the Opéra de Monte Carlo (architect Charles Garnier) from 1893 to 1951, and the diversity of his programmes helped the institution achieve extraordinary fame. Borras sings arias from operas that he 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 the direction of Pierre Dumoussaud, a young French conductor and specialist in opera repertoire who has just begun an international career.

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Tracklist

01 Le vieil aigle: Quand je pense à Zina 03:59
02 Werther, Act III Scene 3: Toute mon âme est là ! Pourquoi me réveiller 02:51
03 Werther, Act II Scene 8: Oui ! Ce qu'elle m'ordonne… Lorsque l'enfant revient 04:01
04 Béatrice et Bénédict, H. 138, Act I Scene 15: Ah ! Je vais l'aimer 02:51
05 Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act V Scene 2: Le sommeil de Juliette 02:34
06 Roméo et Juliette, CG 9, Act IV Scene 2: C'est là… Salut ! Tombeau sombre et silencieux 05:53
07 Carmen, WD 31, Act II Scene 17: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée 04:01
08 Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act I Scene 2: Il était un fois à la cour d'Eisenach 05:00
09 Manon, Act III Scene 2: Je suis seul… Ah ! Fuyez, douce image 04:45
10 Manon, Act II Scene 5: Enfin, Manon… en fermant les yeux 04:45
11 Roma, Act III Scene 1: Je vais la voir 04:27
12 Amica, Act I Scene 11: Intermezzo 09:08
13 Amica, Act I Scene 15: Vous restez à l'écart 05:16
14 Hérodiade: Prélude 02:53
15 Hérodiade, Act IV Scene 1: Ne pouvant réprimer… Adieu donc, vains objets 05:51
16 Polyeucte, CG 11, Act IV Scene 1: Source délicieuse en misères féconde 05:23

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