Orchester Philharmonique de Nice

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The Orchester Philharmonique de Nice with its chief conductor Philippe Auguin at a concert on November 9, 2012 (Grand Gala Lyrique) in the Opéra de Nice

The Orchester Philharmonique de Nice (Nice Philharmonic) is the orchestra of the city of Nice and is considered one of the leading opera and symphony orchestras in France. It was officially founded in 1945 as "L'Orchestre Symphonique Municipal de la Ville de Nice" (Symphony Orchestra of the City of Nice).

In 1982 the orchestra was renamed “Orchester Philharmonique de Nice”. In the following 15 years it had up to 120 musicians who, in addition to several tours, including the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in April 1988, caused jubilation with their remarkable interpretation of Richard Wagner's " Ring des Nibelungen " under Berislav Klobučar .

From 2010 to 2016, Philippe Auguin was chief conductor and musical director of the Orchester Philharmonique de Nice. György G. Ráth has been his successor since 2017.

Music directors

Venues

The orchestra's home is in the Opéra de Nice . Rehearsals are also held in La Diacosmie , a 20,000 m², five-story building with a rehearsal stage, set workshop, rehearsal rooms for ballet, choir, singers and orchestra. The orchestra rehearsal room (Studio Louis Fourestier ) is 410 m² and offers space for 200 musicians.

The south facade of the Nice Opera ( Opéra de Nice )

The Orchester Philharmonique de Nice also plays concerts and operas in the auditorium of the Acropolis, a 2,500-seat modern concert hall.

activities

Guest Conductor

Guest conductors of this orchestra were among others Georges Prêtre , Wolfgang Sawallisch , Marek Janowski , Berislav Klobučar , Emil Tchakarov , Zoltán Peskó , Jerzy Semkow , Michael Schønwandt , Leopold Hager , Günter Neuhold , Jascha Horenstein , David Zinman and Emmanuel Krivine .

Guest soloists

Trivia

The Orchester Philharmonique de Nice must have existed before it was officially founded in 1945, as there is much evidence and records of a flourishing operatic and cultural life in Nice before and around the turn of the century.

For example, Verdi's La forza del destino (1873), Wagner's Lohengrin (1881) and Das Rheingold (1902) and Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin (1895) were performed for the first time in France in Nice . The operas La vida breve (The Short Life) by Manuel de Falla on April 1, 1913, The Conquest of Troy by Hector Berlioz (1890) and the staged version by Marie-Madeleine von Massenet (February 9, 1903) premiered in Nice.

On Wednesday, March 23, 1881, during a performance of Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, a fire broke out in the Opéra de Nice (then still Théâtre Municipal) due to a gas explosion on the stage ramp, in which around 200 people died. After four years of construction, the reopening took place on February 7, 1885 with Verdi's opera Aida , in which the orchestra played in the orchestra pit.

This representative cross-section of opera productions from before 1945 is a clear reference to a long operatic tradition of this great orchestra.

Discography

In the course of its existence, the orchestra has released many recordings. The following recordings are an excerpt.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernest Hildesheimer: Le Philharmonique de Nice. Pp. 108-113.
  2. ^ Biography de l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice. In: Center National de Création Musicale (CIRM). July 24, 2019 (French).;
  3. ^ György Ráth nouveau Directeur musical de l'Orchestre Philarmonique. In: Nice Premium. March 3, 2017 (French).;
  4. Opéra - Un peu d'histoire. on archive.wikiwix.com.