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Faur茅's glorious Requiem and Poulenc's opera Les Mamelles de Tir茅sias - two French masterpieces. The 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Chorus, 麻豆社 Singers and a great cast of soloists are conducted by Ludovic Morlot.

Live from the Barbican Centre, London
Presented by Petroc Trelawny

An evening of Gallic delights featuring Poulenc's most light-hearted and rarely-performed opera and Faur茅's intimate, celestial Requiem. Les Mamelles de Tir茅sias is a setting of Apollinaire's surreal burlesque, in which ardent feminist Th茅r猫se decides to become a man and fight wars, leaving her husband to repopulate the country by giving birth to 40,049 children in a single day! Poulenc conjures up all the undercurrents in the poet's fierce, absurd and often hilarious lines - sung by a superb cast with the 麻豆社 Singers. Canadian soprano H茅l猫ne Guilmette takes on the truculent and unpredictable heroine. In complete contrast, the 麻豆社 Symphony Chorus join soloists H茅l猫ne Guilmette and Jean-Fran莽ois Lapointe (baritone) for Faur茅's much-loved Requiem, a tender work of consolation, played at his own funeral.

Faur茅: Requiem

c. 20.10 Interval Music - F. Couperin: Nouveau Concert No. 9 in E Major, "Ritratto dell'Amore"

Poulenc: Les Mamelles de Tir茅sias

H茅l猫ne Guilmette (Th茅r猫se)
Jean-Fran莽ois Lapointe (Husband)
Vitali Rozynko (Gendarme/Theatre Director)
Thomas Morris (Journalist from Paris)
Ivan Ludlow (Presto)
Jean-Paul Fouch茅court (Lacouf)
Pierrick Boisseau (Le Fils)

麻豆社 Singers
麻豆社 Symphony Chorus
麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot conductor
Kenneth Richardson director.