Pretty Yende, Anna Netrebko, Philippe Jaroussky, Natalie Dessay & Benjamin Bernheim Lead Théâtre des Champs-Élysées’ 2024-25 Season
By Francisco SalazarThe Théâtre des Champs-Élysées has announced its 2024-25 season. Here are the vocal performances.
Opera in Production
Bach’s “Passion selon Saint” will be conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón and directed by Sasha Waltz. The cast will include Sophie Junker, Georg Nigl, Christian Immler, Benno Schachtner, Valerio Contaldo, and Mark Milhofer.
Performance Dates: Nov. 4 & 5, 2024
Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmélites” will be directed by Olvier Py. The cast will include Patricia Petibon, Véronique Gens, Vannina Santoni, Jodie Devos, Sophie Koch, Sahy Ratia, Alexandre Duhamel, Marie Gautrot, Ramya Roy, Loïc Félix, Blaise Rantoanina, Yuri Kissin, and Matthieu Lécroart. Karina Canellakis conducts.
Performance Dates: Dec. 4-12, 2024
Handel’s ” Semele” will conducted by Emmanuelle Haïma and directed by Oliver Mears. The cast will include Pretty Yende, Ben Bliss, Alice Coote, Brindley Sherratt, Niamh O’Sullivan, Carlo Vistoli, and Marianna Hovhannisyan.
Performance Dates: Feb. 6-15, 2025
Benjamin Bernheim, Marina Viotti, Jean-Sébastien Bou, and Sandra Hamaoui star in Massenet’s “Werther“ with François-Xavier Roth conducting and Christof Loy directing.
Performance Dates: March 22-April 6, 2025
Henrik Nánási conducts Strauss’ “Der Rosenkavalier” with Krzysztof Warlikowski directing. Marlis Petersen, Marina Viotti, Regula Mühlemann, Peter Rose, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Eléonore Pancrazi, Krešimir Špicer, Francesco Demuro, Laurène Paternò, Florent Karrer, François Piolino, and Yoann Le Lan star.
Performance Dates: May 21-June 5, 2025
Marc Leroy-Calatayud conducts “L’Elisir d’Amore” with direction by Manuel Renga. The cast includes Emma Fakete, Norma Nahoun, Thomas Ricart, Blaise Rantoanina, Sergio Villegas-Galvin, Oleg Volkov, Thibault de Damas, Annouk Jobic, Julien Chaudet, Raffaella Gardon, and Romain Valembois.
Performance Dates: June 12-25, 2025
Mozart Trilogy
Ana Maria Labin, Angela Brower, James Ley, Leon Košavić, Miriam Albano, and Alexandre Duhamel star in Mozart’s “Cosi fan tutte.” Les Musiciens du Louvre is led by Marc Minkowski.
Performance Date: Sept. 24, 2024
Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” will star Florian Sempey, Ana Maria Labin, Léo Vermot-Desroches, Marion Lebègue, Edwin Fardini, Catherine Trottmann, and Louis Morvan. Les Ambassadeurs~La Grande Ecurie are conducted by Alexis Kossenko.
Performance Date: Jan. 20 2025
Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro” will include Florian Boesch, Anett Fritsch, Robert Gleadow, Nikola Hillebrand, Anna Lucia Richter, Anna-Doris Capitelli, and Shinyoung Kim. The Kammerorchester Basel, Basler Madrigalisten is led by Giovanni Antonini.
Performance Date: March 26, 2025
Opera in Concert
Brahms’ German Requiem will be performed by the Chœur de la Maîtrise with Henri Chalet conducting.
Performance Date: Sept. 24, 2024
Emőke Baráth, Elsa Benoit, Lucile Richardot, Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, and Robert Gleadow lead Handel’s “La Résurrection.” Julien Chauvin conducts.
Performance Date: Oct. 4, 2024
Mozart’s Requiem will star Lisette Oropesa, Eve-Maud Hubeaux, Cyrille Dubois, and Nahuel Di Pierro. Bertrand de Billy conducts.
Performance Date: Oct. 17, 2024
Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier” will star Riccardo Massi, Anna Pirozzi, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, and Sophie Pondjiclis with Daniele Rustioni conducting the Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon.
Performance Date: Oct. 18, 2024
Cyrille Dubois, Sara Blanch, Ambroisine Bré, Monica Bacelli, Nicola Ulivieri, Sergio Villegas-Galvain, and Marielou Jacquard lead Rossini’s “Le Comte Ory” with the Orchestre de chambre de Paris and Patrick Lange.
Performance Date: Nov. 7, 2024
Guy Cutting, Matthias Winckhler, Tobias Berndt, Miriam Feuersinger, Lucy De Butts, Alex Potter, Tobias Knaus, Christoph Pfaller, and Martin Schicketanz lead Bach’s “Saint Matthew’s Passion.” Hans-Christoph Rademann conducts.
Performance Date: Nov. 16 2024
Handel’s “Alcina” will star Elsa Dreisig, Sandrine Piau, Emily D’Angelo, Jasmin White, Stefan Sbonnik, Bruno de Sá, and Alex Rosen. Francesco Corti conducts il Pomo d’Oro.
Performance Date: Dec. 5, 2024
Händel’s “Messiah” will star Emőke Baráth, Lauranne Oliva, Tim Mead, Robin Tritschler, and Benjamin Appl. Hervé Niquet conducts.
Performance Date: Dec. 11, 2024
Catherine Trottmann, Ray Chenez, Victoire Bunel, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Adrien Mathonat, Paul Figuier, Maïlys de Villoutreys, Camille Poul, Sebastian Monti, Thibault Givaja, and Yannis François star in Monteverdi’s “L’Incoronazione di Poppea.”
Performance Date: Dec. 16, 2024
“Glory to God” will showcase Nina Maestracci, Malena Ernman, and Luigi De Donato. Jean-Christophe Spinosi conducts.
Performance Date: Dec. 18, 2024
Lauranne Oliva and Eva Zaïcik star in Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater” with Le Poème Harmonique and Vincent Dumestre.
Performance Date: Jan. 18, 2025
Lully’s “Persée” will star Mathias Vidal, Déborah Cachet, Hélène Carpentier, Thomas Dolié, Véronique Gens, Matthieu Lécroart, Reinoud Van Mechelen, David Tricou, David Witczak, Alexandre Baldo, Olivia Doray, and Marine Lafdal-Franc. Hervé Niquet conducts.
Performance Date: Feb. 14, 2025
Sara Blanch and Michael Volle lead Brahm’s German Requiem with the Orchestre National de France and Daniele Gatti.
Performance Date: April 5, 2025
Werner Güra, Louis Morvan, Julie Roset, Giuseppina Bridelli, Fabien Hyon, and Thomas Dolié star in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion Enrico Onofri conducting.
Performance Date: April 9, 2025
Handel’s “Jephté” will star Michael Spyres, Joyce DiDonato, Mélissa Petit, and Jasmin White with il Pomo d’Oro and Francesco Corti.
Performance Date: April 29, 2025
Weber’s “Der Freischütz” will star Charles Castronovo, Golda Schultz, Kyle Ketelsen, Nikola Hillebrand, Jongmin Park, Milan Siljanov, and Sebastian Wartig. Antonello Manacorda conducts.
Performance Date: April 30, 2025
Sophie Junker, Jakub Józef Orliński, Sophia Patsi, and Wolf Matthias Friedrich star in Handel’s “Deborah” with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Ton Koopman.
Performance Date: May 23, 2025
Mozart’s “Mitridate” will include Sergeï Romanovski, Jessica Pratt, Olga Bezsmertna, Rose Naggar-Tremblay, Maria Kokareva, Alasdair Kent, and Nina van Essen. Christophe Rousset conducts.
Performance Date: May 25, 2025
Karine Deshayes, Franco Fagioli, Giorgi Manoshvili, Alasdair Kent, Mara Gaudenzi, and Antonio Di Matteo star in Rossini’s “Semiramide” with Valentina Peleggi conducting.
Performance Date: June 17, 2025
Rossini’s “L’Italiana in Algeri” will star Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Levy Sekgapane, Nahuel Di Pierro, Mikhail Timoshenko, Sulkhan Jaiani, Eléonore Pancrazi, and Julie Roset. Le Concert de La Loge is conducted by Julien Chauvin.
Performance Date: June 18, 2025
Vocal Recitals
Natalie Dessay, Shani Diluka, and Johnny Rasse lead a performance of works by Grieg, Fauré, Ravel, Delibes, Chausson, Debussy, Rimski-Korsakov, Berg, Villa-Lobos, and Arden.
Performance Date: Oct. 6, 2024
Adriana González and Freddie De Tommaso join forces with the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Toulon and Victorien Vanoosten for an evening of Puccini, Cilea, Ponchielli, Verdi, Charpentier, Massenet, Bizet, Puccini, and Mascagni.
Performance Date: Oct. 7 2024
Philippe Jaroussky and Jérôme Ducros perform a recital of music by Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Hahn, Fauré, and Debussy.
Performance Date: Nov. 9, 2024
The concert des Diapason d’or will include Julia Lezhneva, Pene Pati, Leif Ove Andsnes, and Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Performance Date: Nov. 13, 2024
François-Xavier Roth and Sabine Devieilhe perform Debussy and Boulez.
Performance Date: Jan. 7, 2025
Jakub Józef Orliński and Michał Biel perform lieder.
Performance Date: Feb. 10, 2025
Héloïse Poulet, Emy Gazeilles, Livia Louis-Joseph-Dogué, Juliette Mey, Lotte Verstaen, Léo Vermot-Desroches, and Rodolphe Lospied perform arias and ensembles from opera.
Performance Date: Feb. 17, 2025
Anna Netrebko and Yusif Eyvazov lead a concert of Italian opera scenes with Michelangelo Mazza.
Performance Date: March 27, 2025
Pretty Yende sings extracts from “The Wizard of Oz,” “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “The Way We Are,” “My Funny Valentine,” and “Cats.” Giacomo Sagripanti conducts.
Performance Date: June 8, 2025
Philippe Jaroussky and guests celebrate the countertenor’s 25th anniversary on the stage.
Performance Date: June 23, 2025
Patricia Petibon, Olivier Py and Jean-Sébastien Bou perform arias from “La Grande Duchesse de
Gérolstein,” “Ciboulette,” and French songs.
Performance Date: June 28, 2025
Bruckner
Yannick Nézet-Séguin and Angel Blue perform Strauss and Bruckner.
Performance Date: March 23, 2025
Orchestras
Le Concert de La Loge and Julien Chauvin will present a gala with such artists Sandrine Piau, Florie Valiquette, Jodie Devos, Karina Gauvin, Judith van Wanroij, Marina Viotti, Adèle Charvet, Eva Zaïcik, Philippe Jaroussky, Stanislas de Barbeyrac, Jérôme Boutillier, Nahuel Di Pierro, Sulkhan Jaiani, Victor Julien-Laferrière, and Nicolas Baldeyrou.
Performance Date: Jan. 15, 2025
The Orchestre de France is joined by Cristian Măcelaru, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, and Sarah Nemtanu for Ravel.
Performance date: March 5, 2025
Maxim Emelyanychev and Sabine Devieilhe with the Orchestre National de France lead a concert of music by Schubert, Haydn, Mozart, and Tchaïkovsky.
Performance Date: June 26, 2025
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
Philipp von Steinaecker conducts Andrew Staples in music by Bach and Mahler.
Performance Date: Feb. 20, 2025
Recitals
Camille Chopin, Pierre-Yves Cras, Ensemble vocal, Bernard Tétu and I Giardini lead a performance of music by Fauré.
Performance Date: Nov. 3, 2024
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