Orchestre National de France

Happy New Year! What better way to kick off the year than with a night on Broadway? With all the sparkle, swing and sheer fun of musical theatre, this glittering selection of Broadway favourites sets the tone for the perfect New Year’s resolution: keep the swing alive!

A regular and much-loved presence on the Dijon Opera stage, the Orchestre National de France joins forces with conductor Enrique Mazzola and the finest young talents from the academy of the Lyric Opera of Chicago for an exceptional program of vocal and symphonic highlights.

The programme brings together gems from the golden age of musical theatre—from Irving Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun to Richard Rodgers’s Carousel—alongside the genius of Leonard Bernstein, from Cunegonde’s sparkling exuberance in Candide to Dinah’s irresistible wit in Trouble in Tahiti, not to mention the unforgettable West Side Story. And then there’s his longtime collaborator Stephen Sondheim, whose extraordinary feel for rhythm shines through in Marry Me a Little.

And with Kismet, inspired by Borodin’s music and the magic of the Arabian Nights, the evening takes us even further into a dazzling world of fantasy and enchantment…

Musical director Enrique Mazzola

Singers of the Ryan Opera Center (the academy of the Lyric Opera of Chicago)
Soprano Ann Toomey
Mezzo-soprano Katherine Beck
Tenor Daniel Luis Espinal
Baritone Ian Rucker

^{Photos © Cristian Macelaru}

Leonard Bernstein  
« Ouverture » de Candide
« Glitter and be Gay » de Candide

Nicholas Brodszky  
« Be My Love » de Toast of New Orleans

Leonard Bernstein 
« What a Movie » de Trouble in Tahiti 

Richard Rodgers  
« Soliloquy » de Carousel 

Irving Berlin  
« They Say It’s Wonderful » d’Annie Get Your Gun

Robert Wright & George Forrest
« Stranger in Paradise » de Kismet, d’après la musique d’Alexandre Borodine 

Leonard Bernstein  
« Ouverture » de Wonderful Town

Stephen Sondheim  
« Marry Me a Little » de Marry Me a Little  

Richard Rodgers  
« Sing for Your Supper » de The Boys from Syracuse  

Leonard Bernstein 
Danses symphoniques de West Side Story 

Robert Wright & George Forrest
« Nights of my Nights » de Kismet, d’après la musique d’Alexandre Borodine