Victor Hugo Orchestra & Dijon Opera Choir

The Orchestre Victor Hugo, the symphony orchestra of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, and the Dijon Opera Chorus come together for a contemplative and powerful concert featuring masterpieces by Mozart, Poulenc, and Fauré.

Each year, the Orchestre Victor Hugo, conducted by Jean-François Verdier, creates a special programme for the Dijon Opera, and this time they are joined by the Dijon Opera Choir. This season, three composers come together under the banner of radiant fervour: a tender, gentle aria by Mozart is paired with one of his symphonies filled with great hope for the future.

Next, we turn to Poulenc’s Stabat Mater, a deeply moving work that celebrates a mother’s universal love, balancing moments of rare grace and drama. To close the concert, the musicians offer Fauré’s Cantique de Jean Racine, a short piece filled with serenity and light.

Musical director Jean-François Verdier
Victor Hugo Orchestra
Soprano Yun Jung Choi
Dijon Opera Choir
Choir director Guillemette Daboval

^{Photo © Mylene Haas / Mirco Magliocca}

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphonie n° 39 en mi bémol majeur, KV 543 
« Et incarnatus est », extrait  de la Messe en ut mineur, KV 427

Francis Poulenc 
Stabat Mater, FP 148

Gabriel Fauré 
Cantique de Jean Racine, op. 11