Nice Opera Choir
Conducted by Giulio Magnanini since 1997, this choir is composed of forty artists. It performs throughout the entire opera season, while also participating in the concerts of the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra and in one-off events.
Endowed with great musical and stage skills, the Choir's artists have demonstrated their ability to come together in harmony, creating an exceptional group that meets the requirements of all repertoires and the finest interpretations of conductors and directors. As a result, the choir has made itself famous in many theatres, festivals and musical recordings. Some of its most notable performances include Camille Saint-Saën's Samson and Delilah with Placido Domingo and Georges Prêtre for the inauguration of the Nice Palais Acropolis, Rossini's William Tell at the Champs-Elysées Theatre, Gustav Mahler's 2nd Symphony at the Châtelet Theatre, Giacomo Puccini's La faniculla del west and Giuseppe Verdi's Macbeth at the Montpellier Opera. It has also taken part in Eve Ruggieri's Antibes "Musiques au cœur" Festival, with Carmen, La Traviata, Othello, Don Giovanni and The Barber of Seville, and in Gaetano Donizetti's La fille du régiment on France 2.
Les Noces de Figaro (2018)
In March 2001, the group recorded a programme dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi, alongside the Argentine tenor Marcello Alvarez. In April of that year, it featured at the inauguration of the Palais Nikaïa in Nice. The Nice Opera Choir is regularly invited to the Chorégies d'Orange, contributing to the prestigious performances given there. Through these performances, the choir has been able to distinguish itself with conductors as diverse as Plasson and Myun Wung Chung, and directors like Nicolas Joël or Jérôme Savary.
The Nice Opera Choir performed in Tosca at the Massy Theatre in November 2009, in Aida in April 2010 in Avignon, and in Gounod’s Mireille in July of the same year at the Chorégies d'Orange. In 2011, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this festival, the Choir was once again called upon in two of Verdi's most famous works: Aida and Rigoletto.
Roméo et Juliette (2018)
This ensemble often appears "outside the walls" of the Opera for major events hosted by the City of Nice.
In December 2012, the Choir participated – alongside all the forces of the Nice Opera – in the production Simon Boccanegra by Verdi on the stage of the Royal Opera of Muscat (Sultanate of Oman).
In September 2016, it was invited to sing at the Vatican during the audience granted by Pope Francis to the families of the victims of the 14 July attack.
L'Élixir d'amour (2017)
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