Sara Mingardo - Alto

One of the rare voices of genuine contralto on the music scene today, Sara Mingardo regularly collaborates with prestigious conductors as Claudio Abbado Ivor Bolton, Riccardo Chailly, Myung-Whun Chung, Colin Davis, John Eliot Gardiner, Riccardo Muti, Trevor Pinnock, Christophe Rousset, Jordi Savall, Jeffrey Tate and Rinaldo Alessandrini singing in the most important stages of the world.

Future plans: Bach’s Mass in B minor at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome under Antonio Pappano; L’ Incoronazione di Dario (Argene) at the Musikfesten in Bremen; a Liederabend in Reggio Emilia with Alexander Lonquich; Mendelssohn’s Symphony no.2 “Lobgesang” at the Accademia Santa Cecilia in Rome under Claudio Abbado; Caccini’s Euridice at the Innsbruck Festival with Rinaldo Alessandrini; Handel’s La Resurrezione under René Jacobs on a European tour; Il Ritorno di Ulisse in Patria (Penelope) in Paris (under Rinaldo Alessandrini) and in Zurich (under Ivor Bolton); L'Orfeo with Rinaldo Alessandrini at the Opéra National de Paris; Mozart’s Requiem with Accentus under Laurence Equilbey on tour in France; Messiah with Orfeo55 under Nathalie Stutzmann on a European tour; Kindertotenlieder with the Malaysian Symphony Orchestra in Kuala Lumpur; Cherubini’s Medea (Neris) at the Grand Théâtre de Genève; Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater in Basel; concerts in Frankfurt, Liege and Ghent.

Kenneth Tarver - Tenor

Kenneth Tarver is considered to be one of the outstanding belcanto tenore-di-grazia of his generation, acknowledged for his beauty of tone, virtuosic technique, extensive and even vocal range, coupled with an attractive and elegant stage presence.

Future plans: Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Santiago de Chile; L’Italiana in Algeri in Vichy, Berlin (Staatsoper) and at the Opéra in Paris; Così Fan Tutte at the Teatro Lirico in Cagliari; Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette with the London Symphony Orchestra in London and Paris; Les Indes Galantes in Bruges, London and Versailles; Handel’s Joshua at the Händel-Festspiele in Goettingen.

Paolo Arrivabeni - conductor

Music Director at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège

Mr Arrivabeni returns to Marseille after his recent successes conducting La Favorite at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris and Traviata in Dresden.

Future plans: Il Turco in Italia and revivals of Lucrezia Borgia at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich; Macbeth in Dresden and Copenhagen; La Straniera, Moïse et Pharaon in Marseille; Il Trovatore at the Macerata Opera Festival; Macbeth, Nabucco and Maria Stuarda at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin; La Bohème at the New National Theatre in Tokyo; La Straniera at the Theater an der Wien; La Forza del Destino at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. In Liège M° Arrivabeni will conduct Fidelio, Aida, La Cenerentola, Tosca, Les Pécheurs de Perles, Ernani, Die Zauberflöte, Turandot and a series of concerts including a Wagnerian gala.