Seat selection on map [Lille Opera | 27.05.2025 - 20:00 | Canciones] - Opéra de Lille

Fire temperaments, enchanting lullabies, thwarted and fierce loves... Spanish songs and melodies love drama but also the subtlety of sentiment... On the program of this recital, the cream of Spanish composers: Granados, of course, the Catalan Fernando Obradors, adapting García Lorca, Xavier Montsalvatge, a friend of Olivier Messiaen. But also the esteemed French composer of Lakmé, Léo Delibes, and inspirations from across the Atlantic: Carlos Guastavino, flame of Argentine romanticism, or the Mexican Agustín Lara nicknamed the "musician poet," whose irresistible melodies were immortalized by both Caruso and Frank Sinatra... So many gems that will be sublimated by the mezzo-soprano Gaëlle Arquez. In her impressive international career, she has portrayed a staggering array of roles: Charlotte at the Vienna Staatsoper, Dorabella at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Isabella in Milan, Cenerentola at the Liceu in Barcelona... Quite impressive! But above all, she was a remarkable Carmen, at the Opéra Comique but also outdoors, under the Eiffel Tower, in front of an ecstatic audience...

Program of Spanish songs by:
Fernando Obradors, Agustín Lara, Carlos Guastavino, Enrique Granados,
Xavier Montsalvatge, Léo Delibes...

Gaëlle Arquez mezzo-soprano
Susan Manoff piano

DURATION: +/- 1h30 including intermission