Two Flutes at the Opera

Foyer de l'Opéra de Marseille, 2 Place Ernest Reyer

DOPPLER | MASSENET | HUGUES | ... This program presents the flute as a double of the human voice. A chamber music concert in the intimate setting of the Marseille Opera House lobby. With two flutes the song multiplies: romantic dialogue, dramatic confrontation, imitation or fusion of timbres. Doppler and Hugues’s grand opera paraphrases make the flute heard as a true diva, virtuous and expressive, while Thaïs's Meditation reveals an inner, solitary and suspended voice. With Ibert and Debussy, the writing frees itself from drama to explore color and rhythm…