
Mariana Flores & Jakub Józef Orliński Headline La Cité Bleue’s 2025-26 Season
By Afton MarkayLa Cité Bleue announces its 2025-26 season.
For the purpose of this article only classical voice performances are included.
Max Emanuel Cenčić takes on the title role in Cavalli’s “Pompeo Magno.” The concert version also features Logan Lopez Gonzalez, Valerio Contaldo, Mariana Flores, Alois Mülhbacher, Kacper Szelążek, Victor Sicard, Pierre-Antoine Chaumien, Lucía Martín Cartón, Valer Săbăduș, Jorge Navarro Colorado, Marcel Beekman, and Dominique Visse. They are joined by the Cappella Mediterranea. Leonardo García-Alarcón is the musical director.
Performance Date: September 28, 2025
“Grails” is a lyrical mystery in three acts featuring excerpts from Purcell’s “King Arthur,” compositions by Kevin Juillerat for baroque instruments and live electronics, and libretto by Luc Birraux. Soloists are Charlotte Bozzi, Marilou Jaccard, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, and Mark Kurmanbayev. Musicians and Ensemble Operatic are led by Antoine Rebstein. Birraux directs.
Performance Date: November 9-12, 2025
Mariana Flores presents “Alfonsina,” a concert of Argentinian songs with instrumentalists Romain Lecuyer and Quito Gato.
Performance Date: November 15, 2025
The “Baroque Festival” features Mariana Flores, Cappella Mediterranea and organist Leonardo García-Alarcón, who also directs.
Performance Date: December 13, 2025
Mariana Flores gives a family friendly concert featuring South American baroque folk music. Leonardo García-Alarcón, Hiraku Iwakawa, and Quito Gato provide instrumental music.
Performance Date: December 14, 2025
Next is the world premiere of Thomas Leininger, Tina Hartmann, and Cédric Costantino’s “Dinos and the Ark,” a Darwinist opera, a dystopian fable. Cappella Mediterranea performs with other soloists yet to be announced.
Performance Dates: February 3-7, 2026
María Hinojosa Montenegro, Mariana Flores, Valerio Contaldo, and Hugo Oliveira are soloists in “Mediterranean” THey are joined by Cappella Mediterranea. Leonardo García-Alarcón directs and provides organ and piano accompaniments.
Performance Date: May 9, 2026
Mariana Flores and pianist Simon Ghraichy perform works by Poulenc, Satie, Fauré, Obradors, Piazzolla, and others in “Raíces.”
Performance Dates: May 30, 2026
Jakub Józef Orliński gives a concert focusing on the theme of child protection.
Performance Date: June 5, 2026
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