Stéphane Denève
Stéphane Denève, now recognized internationally as an exciting young conductor of the highest caliber, will become Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in September 2005.
Mr. Denève’s schedule for 2004-2005 and beyond includes engagements with the Rotterdam Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Lyon, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. In North America, he returns to Washington’s National Symphony, the Toronto Symphony, Houston Symphony and St. Louis Symphony, and he makes debuts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, and the Detroit, Indianapolis and Seattle symphony orchestras. He will also make his debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and at the Amsterdam Opera.
In recent seasons, Stéphane Denève has conducted such orchestras as the Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre National de France, Sydney and Melbourne symphonies, New Japan Philharmonic, St. Petersburg Philharmonic and Royal Stockholm Philharmonic. He has also conducted productions at the Paris National Opera, and Pelléas et Mélisande, Erwartung, Carmen and Bluebeard’s Castle at Cincinnati Opera.
A graduate of the Paris Conservatory, where he was awarded a unanimous First Prize in 1995, Stéphane Denève began his career as Sir Georg Solti’s assistant for Bluebeard’s Castle with the Orchestre de Paris (1995) and Don Giovanni at the Paris National Opera (1996). In December 1997 Stéphane Denève made his debut in Germany with Die Zauberflöte at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Dusseldorf, and was immediately engaged to join the conducting staff for two seasons.
Performances with the RNO
July 2011
23 Sat
Lincoln Theater
Yountville
CA
Program
Inspired by Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet in Music, Drama, Opera and Ballet
- Berlioz
- Roméo et Juliette, H. 79, Op. 17, excerpts: Roméo Seul, Tristesse, Grande fête chez les Capulets
- Gounod
- “Je veux vivre dans le rêve” (Juliet's Waltz) from Roméo et Juliette, Act I, libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré
- Poison aria, from Roméo et Juliette
- Prokofiev
- Romeo and Juliet Suite
Conductor:
Guest Artist:
Marnie Breckenridge, Soprano
17 Sun
Lincoln Theater
Yountville
CA
Program
- Mozart
- Overture to The Marriage of Figaro
- "Non piu andrai" from The Marriage of Figaro
- "Giunse alfin il momento" from The Marriage of Figaro
- Leporello aria from Don Giovanni
- "La ci darem la mano" duet from Don Giovanni
- Rossini
- Overture to Viaggio a Reims
- Donizetti
- "Quel guardo, il cavaliere...So anch'io la virtù magica" from Don Pasquale
- "Come Paride vezzoso" from Elisir D’amore
- Adina/Dulcamara Duet from Elisir D’amore
- Rachmaninov
- Symphonic Dances
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Nino Machaidze, Soprano
Giudo Loconsolo, Baritone
August 2007
10 Fri
Teatro Signorelli
Cortona
Program
- Vivaldi
- Four Seasons, Op. 8, Nos. 1-4
- Fauré
- Pelleas et Melisande, op.80: Suite
- Strauss
- Oboe Concerto in D major TrV 292 (AV 144)
Conductor:
Guest Artist:
Joshua Bell, Violin
08 Wed
Teatro Signorelli
Cortona
Program
- Ravel
- Le Tombeau de Couperin
- Mozart
- Piano Concerto No. 27, K.595, B-flat major
- Overture from Cosi fan tutte
- Duet “O guarda sorella” (Dorabella/Fiordiligi), Act 1 from Cosi fan tutte
- "Ch’io mi scordi di te…Non temer amato bene" K505
- Aria "Voi che sapete" (Cerubino) from Le nozze di Figaro
- Aria "Padre, germani, addio” (Ilia) from Idomeneo
- Aria "Parto, parto” from Clemenza di Tito
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Isabel Bayrakdarian, Soprano
Angelika Kirchschlager, Mezzo-soprano
Elena Bashkirova, Piano
05 Sun
Piazza Signorelli
Cortona
Program
- Gordon Getty
- Ancestor Suite
- Camille Saint-Saens
- Piano Concerto No. 5, op. 103, F major (Egyptian)
- Rachmaninov
- Symphonic Dances, op. 45
Conductor:
Guest Artist:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
July 2007
20 Fri
Lincoln Theater
Yountville
CA
Program
- Wagner
- Overture from Tristan and Isolde
- Prokofiev
- Suite from Romeo and Juliet
- Grieg
- Piano Concerto
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Violin
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
13 Fri
Lincoln Theater
Yountville
CA
Program
- Canteloube
- Selections from Chants d'Auvergne
- Strauss
- Final Trio from Der Rosenkavalier
- Mozart
- Ah guarda sorella from Cosi fan tutte
- Sul'aria from Le Nozze di Figaro
- Mercadante
- Flute Concerto
- Cimarosa
- Concerto for Two Flutes
- Rachmaninov
- Symphonic Dances
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Frederica Von Stade, Mezzo soprano
Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway, Flute
Marnie Breckenridge, Soprano
August 2006
13 Sun
Piazza Signorelli
Cortona
Program
- Tchaikovsky
- Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35
- Szymanowski
- Sinfonia Concertante
- Ravel
- Daphnis and Chloe Suite No. 2
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Joshua Bell, Violin
Piotr Anderszewski, Piano
09 Wed
Piazza Signorelli
Cortona
Program
- Berlioz
- Roman Carnival
- Brahms
- Double Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102
- Dvorak
- Romance in F minor, Op. 11
- Tchaikovsky
- Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Pinchas Zukerman, Violin
Amanda Forsyth, Cello
July 2006
23 Sun
Lincoln Theater
Yountville
CA
Program
- Dvorak
- Cello Concerto
- R. Strauss
- Don Juan
- R. Strauss
- Vier Letzte Lieder
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Christine Brewer, Soprano
Nina Kotova, Cello
21 Fri
Lincoln Theater
Yountville
CA
Program
- Ravel
- Mother Goose Suite
- Szymanowski
- Sinfonia Concertante
- Sibelius
- Violin Concerto
- Ravel
- Daphnis Suite #2
Conductor:
Guest Artists:
Nikolaj Znaider, Violin
Piotr Anderszewski, Piano