Opera Fuoco
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Opera Fuoco is a French lyrical ensemble conducted by David Stern
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in 2003, Opera Fuoco dedicates itself to the interpretation of operatic repertoire from the beginning of the 18th to the end of the 19th centuries. Consisting of an orchestra playing on period instruments (Katharina Wolff first violin), Opera Fuoco works alongside young professional singers, recruited by audition. From 2008, the Opera Fuoco Troupe is officially created: two or three productions per year, individual support, master-classes, performances for professionals from the music world, etc... Stern and Artistic Advisor and Educational Director Jay Bernfeld jointly oversee the troupe's audition process and development.
In addition, David Stern
strongly believes in bringing operatic repertoire to new audiences and particularly in making opera more accessible to children. Since the beginning of its residency at the Theater at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
in 2005, many activities were led for and with the children and their families. Elizabeth Askren supervises this educational work.
Opera Fuoco is in residence at the Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
since 2005.
- masterclasses surrounding specific themes (the Baroque era, bel canto, role playing, the art of recitative) supervised by David Stern
and Jay Bernfeld as well as by world renowned singers (Jennifer Larmore
in 2009, Paul Agnew
and Isabelle Poulenard
in 2010, and Veronica Cangemi in 2011)
- individual support when needed as well as other artistic and/or career advice
- Musical Encounters: performances and introductions organized in prestigious venues for sponsors and music professionals.
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David Stern (conductor)
David Stern is an american conductor born on May 21, 1963. He is the son of violinist Isaac Stern.- Biography :Having studied at the Juilliard School, he starts his career as an assistant to John Eliot Gardiner, then as principal conductor of Concerto Köln...
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Presentation
Founded by David SternDavid Stern (conductor)
David Stern is an american conductor born on May 21, 1963. He is the son of violinist Isaac Stern.- Biography :Having studied at the Juilliard School, he starts his career as an assistant to John Eliot Gardiner, then as principal conductor of Concerto Köln...
in 2003, Opera Fuoco dedicates itself to the interpretation of operatic repertoire from the beginning of the 18th to the end of the 19th centuries. Consisting of an orchestra playing on period instruments (Katharina Wolff first violin), Opera Fuoco works alongside young professional singers, recruited by audition. From 2008, the Opera Fuoco Troupe is officially created: two or three productions per year, individual support, master-classes, performances for professionals from the music world, etc... Stern and Artistic Advisor and Educational Director Jay Bernfeld jointly oversee the troupe's audition process and development.
In addition, David Stern
David Stern (conductor)
David Stern is an american conductor born on May 21, 1963. He is the son of violinist Isaac Stern.- Biography :Having studied at the Juilliard School, he starts his career as an assistant to John Eliot Gardiner, then as principal conductor of Concerto Köln...
strongly believes in bringing operatic repertoire to new audiences and particularly in making opera more accessible to children. Since the beginning of its residency at the Theater at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines is a new town in the French département of Yvelines. It is one of the original five villes nouvelles of Paris and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen to become the town's centre. The town was built from a greenfield site starting in the 1960s. In...
in 2005, many activities were led for and with the children and their families. Elizabeth Askren supervises this educational work.
Opera Fuoco is in residence at the Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines is a new town in the French département of Yvelines. It is one of the original five villes nouvelles of Paris and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen to become the town's centre. The town was built from a greenfield site starting in the 1960s. In...
since 2005.
The Troupe
Created in 2008, the troupe consists of young professional singers, recruited by audition and offers a rigorous program over a two-to-three year period:- masterclasses surrounding specific themes (the Baroque era, bel canto, role playing, the art of recitative) supervised by David Stern
David Stern (conductor)
David Stern is an american conductor born on May 21, 1963. He is the son of violinist Isaac Stern.- Biography :Having studied at the Juilliard School, he starts his career as an assistant to John Eliot Gardiner, then as principal conductor of Concerto Köln...
and Jay Bernfeld as well as by world renowned singers (Jennifer Larmore
Jennifer Larmore
Jennifer Larmore is an American mezzo-soprano opera singer, noted for coloratura and bel canto.- Career :Jennifer Larmore is an American mezzo-soprano, well known for her versatility, natural beauty and stage craft...
in 2009, Paul Agnew
Paul Agnew
Paul Agnew is a Scottish operatic tenor.Agnew read music as a Choral Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford. He became associated with the Consort of Musicke, the Tallis Scholars, the Sixteen and the Gothic Voices, before embarking on a solo career in the early 1990s.Closely associated with William...
and Isabelle Poulenard
Isabelle Poulenard
Isabelle Poulenard is a soprano.Poulenard was born in Paris, France. Her work has generally been focused on music of the French Baroque, however, she has performed and recorded George Frideric Handel and Georg Philipp Telemann...
in 2010, and Veronica Cangemi in 2011)
- individual support when needed as well as other artistic and/or career advice
- Musical Encounters: performances and introductions organized in prestigious venues for sponsors and music professionals.
Educational Activities
The activities below took place at the Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines is a new town in the French département of Yvelines. It is one of the original five villes nouvelles of Paris and was named after the Saint Quentin Pond, which was chosen to become the town's centre. The town was built from a greenfield site starting in the 1960s. In...
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- 2012 : The MikadoThe MikadoThe Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic collaborations...
, by Gilbert and SullivanArthur SullivanSir Arthur Seymour Sullivan MVO was an English composer of Irish and Italian ancestry. He is best known for his series of 14 operatic collaborations with the dramatist W. S. Gilbert, including such enduring works as H.M.S. Pinafore, The Pirates of Penzance and The Mikado...
, with the scenic participation of children on stage - 2011 : Activities around Rita, by Donizetti
- 2010 : Adaptation of Giulio Cesare in Egitto, by Haendel, with the scenic participation of children on stage
- 2010 : Activities around Orpheus, by Telemann
- 2009 : Activities around Don GiovanniDon GiovanniDon Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...
, by Mozart - 2008 : Dido and Æneas, by PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
, with the scenic participation of children on stage - 2006 : Activities around La Finta GiardinieraLa finta giardinieraLa finta giardiniera , K. 196, is an Italian opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart wrote it in Munich in January 1775 when he was 18 years old and it received its first performance on January 13 at the Salvatortheater in Munich...
, by Mozart
Productions
- 2011 : Polixène, by DauvergneAntoine DauvergneAntoine Dauvergne was a French composer and violinist. Dauvergne served as master of the Chambre du roi, director of the Concert Spirituel from 1762 to 1771, and director of the Opéra three times between 1769 and 1790...
, and Iphigénie en Aulide, by Gluck - 2011 : Zanaida, by Johann Christian BachJohann Christian BachJohann Christian Bach was a composer of the Classical era, the eleventh and youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. He is sometimes referred to as 'the London Bach' or 'the English Bach', due to his time spent living in the British capital...
- 2011 : Rita, by Donizetti
- 2010 : Orpheus, by Telemann
- 2009 : Don GiovanniDon GiovanniDon Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and with an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It was premiered by the Prague Italian opera at the Teatro di Praga on October 29, 1787...
, by Mozart - 2008 : Dido and Æneas, by PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
- 2007 : Autour de Figaro, Beaumarchais in Mozart and Paisiello
- 2007 : Der Tag des Gerichts, by Telemann
- 2006 : Der SchauspieldirektorDer SchauspieldirektorDer Schauspieldirektor , K. 486, is a comic Singspiel written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, an Austrian Schauspieldirektor....
& Prima la musica, by Mozart and Salieri - 2005 : La Finta GiardinieraLa finta giardinieraLa finta giardiniera , K. 196, is an Italian opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart wrote it in Munich in January 1775 when he was 18 years old and it received its first performance on January 13 at the Salvatortheater in Munich...
, by Mozart - 2005 : De Semele à Ino, le conte de deux sœurs, by Haendel and Telemann
- 2004 : Jephtha, by Haendel
- 2004 : Mozart, air d'opéras et de concerts
- 2004 : MédéeMédée (Cherubini)Médée is a French language opéra-comique by Luigi Cherubini.The libretto by François-Benoît Hoffmann was based on Euripides' tragedy of Medea and Pierre Corneille's play Médée....
, by Cherubini - 2003 : Semele, by Haendel
- 2003 : Hercules, by Haendel
Discography
- 2007 : Jephtha, by Haendel - Label Arion
- 2004 : Semele, by Haendel - Label Arion