Salle Cortot has announced its June 2025 slate, which is replete with vocal offerings. First up is “Wigmore Hall French Song Exchange.” The program features songs by Bizet, Paladilhe, Poulenc, Hahn, Ravel, Massenet, Dupart, Viardot-Garcia, Fauré, Strohl, and Sohy. Performers include Bethan Terry, Madeleine Perring, Beth Moxon, Ellen Pearson, Lyriel Benameur, Harun Tekin, Anton Kirchhoff, and Jean Marques. They are {…}
Salle Cortot has unveiled its programming for March 2025. Soprano Inna Kalugina and pianist Jonathan Lakeland perform works by Bortkewitch, Offenbach, Strauss, and Korngold. Performance Dates: March 1, 2025 Baritone Samuel Hasselhorn presents a program of works by Schubert. Performance Dates: March 4, 2025 Mezzo-soprano Isabelle Druet and Le Poème Harmonique headline a concert of works by Briceño, Martín y {…}
Ukrainian soprano Inna Kalugina will headline a concert at the Salle Cortot in Paris on Feb. 2, 2025. The showcase, titled “Le Rossignol et l’Empereur de Chine rencontrent Shchedryk” features the popular Ukrainian song “Shchedryk” alongside music by Bach, Mozart, Kreisler, Gershwin, and Waxman, among others. Stéphane Friédérich will narrate the evening, which includes pianist Alice Power, alongside several instrumentalists. {…}
(Photo by Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera.) Paris’ Salle Cortot has unveiled its January 2025 slate. Here is a rundown of the classical vocal performances on offer. There will be a “Gala de la voix” featuring performers from the École Normale de Musique de Paris. Performers include Risa Ichikawa, Andrew Zhdanov, Anne-Lise Polcholpek, Kitae Song, Margaux Loire, Fachu Luo, and Inna Kalugina. {…}
Salle Cortot has unveiled its programming for December 2024. Here are the vocal performances on offer. First up is “Violoncelle, danse, chant et piano dans le Métavers.” Featuring immersive technology and generative AI, the showcase features music by JS Bach, Finzi, Piazzolla, and Fauré. Among the performers is vocalist Aoi Murasaki. Performance Date: Dec. 6, 2024 Soprano Charlotte Bröker joins forces {…}
Salle Cortot has announced its “Recontres Musicales de Cortot,” a series of major performances throughout the rest of 2024-25. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. Véronique Gens will present a recital alongside pianist Morgane Fauchois-Prado centering on the vocal works of Fauré. Performance Date: Nov. 15, 2024 In April, audiences will bear witness to the Élite Normale {…}
The Salle Cortot in Paris has announced its slate for November 2025. Headlining the vocal performances on offer is “Canzoni di Corsica è Ucraina,” with sopranos Amelie Tatti and Inna Kalugina. They are joined by instrumentalists Camille Theveneau, Sacha Pietri, Clotilde Boussange, and Hugo Pietri. Performance Date: Nov. 14, 2024 Next up is “Amore Langueo,” a concert featuring works by Kapsberger, {…}
The Salle Cortot in Paris will present “Venus and Adonis” on Oct. 4, 2024. The John Blow work will be presented by Ensembles Masques under Olivier Fortin. The cast stars soprano Rachel Redmond, baritone Drew Santini, and mezzo-soprano Natalie Perez. Redmond has performed with the English Tour Opera, Göttingen International Handel Festival, Opera du Rhin, and with the Aix-en-Provence. Santini {…}
Salle Cortot in Paris has announced its June 2024 slate. Here is a rundown of the vocal performances on offer. First up is a chamber music program featuring soprano Alain Vu Hoang Mi. The program includes works by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Bartók, and Serge Hoffmann. Performance Date: June 7, 2024 A number of vocal artists will pay tribute to Danielle Casanova, a {…}
Salle Cortot has unveiled its May 2024 programming. Here is a rundown of the vocal experiences on offer. First up is “In vino Veritas: Hommage à Khayam.” The showcase features Iranian mezzo-soprano Anousha Nazari alongside pianist Laurianne Corneille and clarinettist Amaury Viduvier. Performance Date: May 3, 2024 There will be an homage to Fauré featuring works by the composer as well {…}
The Salle Cortot is set to present a concert featuring soprano Julie Roset and alto Lucile Richardot. The concert, scheduled for April 22, 2024, will be conducted by François Lazarevitch, who leads Les Musiciens de Saint Julien. The program is produced by Philippe Maillard Productions. Audiences will experience music by Lully, Boësset, Bacilly, and Lambert. Roset is the Grand Winner {…}