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THE FEMME FATALE OF OPERA

Just turned 150, but still as gorgeous as ever: Carmen, the femme fatale of opera, first saw the light of day in the theatre world in 1875, the same year that Louise Farrenc closed her eyes for ever. What France’s greatest female symphonist has to do with Bizet’s Spanish opera, and why a young woman from Arles also cuts a fine figure, is revealed by Mei-Ann Chen in her captivatingly beautiful French programme.

PROGRAMME
George Bizet: Carmen Suite & L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1
Louise Farrenc: Symphoniy No. 3 in G minor (1847)