The jury just selected the four conductors that will perform in tonight’s Opera Round concert with the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra and Laurens Symphony Choir. The four selected conductors are: Joel Sandelson, Chloe Rooke, Luis Toro Araya, and Bertie Baigent. Congratulations! Watch them live from de Doelen at 19.55 CET on our YouTube or Facebook channel!
Full programme:
Joel Sandelson – selection 1
Chloe Rooke – selection 2
— Intermision —
Luis Toro Araya – selection 1
Bertie Baigent – selection 2
Selection 1
Act 1 – Ouverture / Prelude
Act 1 – Scene 4: Habanera / L’amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen, chorus)
Act 1 – Scene 5: Carmen, sur tes pas nous pressons (Chorus)
Act 3 – Scene 19: Melons! – Coupons (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen)
Act 3 – Scene 20: Quant au douanier (Frasquita, Mercédès, Carmen, le Dancaïre, le Remendado, chorus)
Selection 2
Act 1 – Scene 9: Seguidilla: Chanson et Duo – Près de remparts de Séville (Carmen & Don José)
Act 2 – Scene 11: Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Carmen, Mercédès, Frasquita)
Act 2 – Scene 14: Quintette: Nous avons en tête une affaire! (Le Dancaïre, le Remendado, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès)
Act 3 – Entr’acte
Act 4 – Scene 25: Les Voici until ‘Si tu m’aimes’ (chorus)
Jury: Giordano Bellincampi, Jeremy Geffen, Ara Guzelimian (chair), Sophie de Lint, Enrique Mazzola, Kim Noltemy, Ed Spanjaard, and Elmar Weingarten.