2008-2009 Season Opening Night

An Evening with Julia Migenes
Accompanied by French Pianist Edouard Ferlet

Julia Migenes is back at Théâtre Raymond Kabbaz for an eclectic evening of music – opera, classical music, jazz and international pop music. The singer will present a multicultural and multilingual program including pieces by Jacques Brel, Miles Davis, Damian Rice, George Gershwin, songs and arias from Titanic, Carmen and more. She will be accompanied by famous French pianist and composer Edouard Ferlet.

A world-class opera singer and a graceful dancer, Julia Migenes studied at the New York School of Performing Arts and then joined the New York Metropolitan Opera. She worked with renowned French choreographer Maurice Béjart and starred as Carmen with Placido Domingo in Grammy Award winning Francesco Rosi’s eponymous motion picture, that has since become a reference in the filmed opera genre. To this day, Julia Migenes has recorded more than 20 albums, has embodied many of the grand operatic roles (Carmen, La Boheme, Madame Butterfly) and played in more recent compositions (from Berg to Peter Eötvös) as well as music-hall shows and writes her own one-woman shows. She also created “La Argentina”, a tribute to tango inspired by Astor Piazzola’s work and released a new jazz album “Alter Ego” in the spring 2006.

Edouard Ferlet began playing piano at the age of 7 and studied classical music at l’École Normale de Musique de Paris, and later on at the Conservatoire regional. In the late eighties, he moved to Boston, US, and studied piano under renowned teachers: Herb Pomeroy, Hal Crook, Ed Tomassi, Ray Santisi, Ed Bedner… In 1992, he graduated from the Berklee College of Music in “Jazz Composition” and was awarded the “Berklee jazz performance award”. Back in France, he worked as a composer for a variety of TV programs and rapidly recorded may award-winning albums and obtained great critiques in the media.. He successfully conducted the musical direction for Julia Migenes' show “Alter Ego”.

Fri, Sept. 19 at 8:00 PM
Pre-show reception at 6:30 PM
Adults: $50
Students: $30
Opening night with complimentary Champagne & hors-d’oeuvres.
Cocktail Attire. No children under 12.

Sat, Sept 20 at 7:30 PM
Adults: $35
Students: $20
No children under 6.

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