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Legato Arts presents Beatrice di Larragoiti and Matthieu Esnult in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, June 23 at 8:00 PM i
Legato Arts presents Béatrice de Larragoïti, soprano and Matthieu Esnult, piano in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall
Friday, June 23, 2017, at 8:00 PM
Legato Arts is pleased to present Béatrice de Larragoïti, soprano and Matthieu Esnult, piano at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. They will present an evening of French music, with songs, arias and piano works of Poulenc, Franck, Saint-Saëns, Hahn, Debussy, Duparc, Ravel and Massenet on the evening’s concert.
Tickets are on sale now for the June 23rd concert and are available through CarnegieCharge (212-247-7800), online at www.carnegiehall.org and at the Carnegie Hall box office located at 57th St. and 7th Ave. in New York City.
About the Artists Shaping a distinctive career driven by unusual repertoire choices and wide-ranging performance experiences, French-Brazilian soprano Béatrice de Larragoïti is an ardent proponent of rare French opera, and is praised for her dark lyric tone and poised interpretations. Most recently, Béatrice covered the role of Diana in Cavalli’s La Calisto with English Touring Opera, and was invited to take part in the Opéra de Baugé Festival, singing Berginella and Ninetta in Offenbach’s La Périchole and Cis in Albert Herring, roles for which she was awarded the Gil-Rodriguez prize. Other operatic highlights include the roles of Dido (Dido and Aeneas, Purcell), Micaëla (Carmen, Bizet), Madame Lidoine, (Dialogues des Carmélites, Poulenc), Ariane (Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, Dukas), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) and Miss Jessel (The Turn of the Screw, Britten).
Always open to exciting challenges, Béatrice has recently performed the role of Winnie in Stephen McNeff’s Banished, a world premiere directed by Elaine Kidd and conducted by Jessica Cottis. She has also sung María, the title role in Astor Piazzola’s opera María de Buenos-Aires, at the Arcola Theatre in London, as part of the 2016 Grimeborn Festival. Her 2017 projects include a recital of Spanish songs and arias at the Ateneo in Madrid, and the role of Ottavia in L’Incoronazione di Poppea at the Jackson’s Lane Theatre in London, conducted by Oliver-John Ruthven and directed by Simon Iorio.
Matthieu Esnult is a young and vibrant French pianist and accompanist. Among his latest concerts were a performance of Heiner Goebbels's Surrogate Cities at the Royal Festival Hall (broadcast on BBC 3) for its UK première and the opening of the Southbank Olympiad, and performing music of Steve Reich at the Royal Festival Hall for the Colin Currie Percussion Festival. Matthieu Esnult has given solo recitals in the major concert halls of China including the Shanghai Daning Theatre, Dezhou Grand Theatre, Harbin Concert hall and Zhuhai HUAFA Grand Theater.
In addition to his solo piano career, Matthieu is in demand as a collaborative pianist and chamber musician. He has worked for productions at Opera Bastille and Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. His chamber music work has seen him perform several times at Wigmore Hall.
Matthieu has won a collection of national and international prizes, and he has been invited to give piano masterclasses in France, the UK, Tunisia, Scotland, America, China and Mongolia. He has been featured in broadcasts and interviews on TV and radio networks such as BBC Radio 3, France Culture, on French national television France 3, Radio Tunisie, Chinese National TV and Radio.
The Program Henri Duparc; L'invitation au Voyage, Chanson triste Claude Debussy ; Proses lyriques: De rêve César Franck, Chorale, Prélude et Fugue FWV 21 Gustave Charpentier ; Louise : Depuis le jour Reynaldo Hahn ; D'une prison Chansons grises : L'heure exquise Fumée Francis Poulenc ; Métamorphoses: C'est ainsi que tu es 2 poèmes de Louis Aragon: C, Fêtes galantes Fiançailles pour rire: Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant Banalités: Hôtel Maurice Ravel ; Pavane pour une infante défunte Jules Massenet ; Thaïs: Ah, je suis seule… Dis moi que je suis belle
Contact: Norman Dunfee 917-592-8317 Press@legatoarts.com www.legatoarts.com
Legato Arts is pleased to present Béatrice de Larragoïti, soprano and Matthieu Esnult, piano at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall. They will present an evening of French music, with songs, arias and piano works of Poulenc, Franck, Saint-Saëns, Hahn, Debussy, Duparc, Ravel and Massenet on the evening’s concert.
Tickets are on sale now for the June 23rd concert and are available through CarnegieCharge (212-247-7800), online at www.carnegiehall.org and at the Carnegie Hall box office located at 57th St. and 7th Ave. in New York City.
About the Artists Shaping a distinctive career driven by unusual repertoire choices and wide-ranging performance experiences, French-Brazilian soprano Béatrice de Larragoïti is an ardent proponent of rare French opera, and is praised for her dark lyric tone and poised interpretations. Most recently, Béatrice covered the role of Diana in Cavalli’s La Calisto with English Touring Opera, and was invited to take part in the Opéra de Baugé Festival, singing Berginella and Ninetta in Offenbach’s La Périchole and Cis in Albert Herring, roles for which she was awarded the Gil-Rodriguez prize. Other operatic highlights include the roles of Dido (Dido and Aeneas, Purcell), Micaëla (Carmen, Bizet), Madame Lidoine, (Dialogues des Carmélites, Poulenc), Ariane (Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, Dukas), Donna Elvira (Don Giovanni) and Miss Jessel (The Turn of the Screw, Britten).
Always open to exciting challenges, Béatrice has recently performed the role of Winnie in Stephen McNeff’s Banished, a world premiere directed by Elaine Kidd and conducted by Jessica Cottis. She has also sung María, the title role in Astor Piazzola’s opera María de Buenos-Aires, at the Arcola Theatre in London, as part of the 2016 Grimeborn Festival. Her 2017 projects include a recital of Spanish songs and arias at the Ateneo in Madrid, and the role of Ottavia in L’Incoronazione di Poppea at the Jackson’s Lane Theatre in London, conducted by Oliver-John Ruthven and directed by Simon Iorio.
Matthieu Esnult is a young and vibrant French pianist and accompanist. Among his latest concerts were a performance of Heiner Goebbels's Surrogate Cities at the Royal Festival Hall (broadcast on BBC 3) for its UK première and the opening of the Southbank Olympiad, and performing music of Steve Reich at the Royal Festival Hall for the Colin Currie Percussion Festival. Matthieu Esnult has given solo recitals in the major concert halls of China including the Shanghai Daning Theatre, Dezhou Grand Theatre, Harbin Concert hall and Zhuhai HUAFA Grand Theater.
In addition to his solo piano career, Matthieu is in demand as a collaborative pianist and chamber musician. He has worked for productions at Opera Bastille and Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. His chamber music work has seen him perform several times at Wigmore Hall.
Matthieu has won a collection of national and international prizes, and he has been invited to give piano masterclasses in France, the UK, Tunisia, Scotland, America, China and Mongolia. He has been featured in broadcasts and interviews on TV and radio networks such as BBC Radio 3, France Culture, on French national television France 3, Radio Tunisie, Chinese National TV and Radio.
The Program Henri Duparc; L'invitation au Voyage, Chanson triste Claude Debussy ; Proses lyriques: De rêve César Franck, Chorale, Prélude et Fugue FWV 21 Gustave Charpentier ; Louise : Depuis le jour Reynaldo Hahn ; D'une prison Chansons grises : L'heure exquise Fumée Francis Poulenc ; Métamorphoses: C'est ainsi que tu es 2 poèmes de Louis Aragon: C, Fêtes galantes Fiançailles pour rire: Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant Banalités: Hôtel Maurice Ravel ; Pavane pour une infante défunte Jules Massenet ; Thaïs: Ah, je suis seule… Dis moi que je suis belle
Contact: Norman Dunfee 917-592-8317 Press@legatoarts.com www.legatoarts.com
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