Paris Concert March 2007 – Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón

Synopsis

The tension is palpable at Paris’ Théâtre des Champs-Elysées this 28th of March 2007. Anna Netrebko is not only making her debut in France, but she is making it with Rolando Villazón. The ‘dream couple’ of the opera world is about to bring its incomparable charm and magnetism to France’s ‘mélomanes.’ And the result is nothing less than phenomenal: ‘An unforgettable evening, rich in emotions, which many spectators will look back on with nostalgia one day and say: ‘I was there!’. No matter where they appear, Netrebko and Villazón inevitably work their magic on the audience, whether it consists of hundreds or, when broadcast on TV, of millions. For their Paris concert, the duo chose a broad selection of chiefly late-romantic works – the style for which their voices seem to be tailor-made..

Additional Info

• No: A015026690000
• Composer: Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet, Peter Tschaikowsky, Sergej Rachmaninow, Georges Bizet, Giuseppe Verdi, Reveriano Soutullo, Juan Vert, Federico Moreno Torroba, Pietro Mascagni, Alfredo Catalani, Giacomo Puccini
• Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume
• Orchestra: Orchestre National de Belgique
• Artists: Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón
• Production year: 2007
• Run time: 01:38:00
• Director: Olivier Simonnet
• Producers: UNITEL and Bel Air Media in association with France 2