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                                         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. 
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                                         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. 
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                                         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. 
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                            Église Saint-Michel 
 Marseille   
                             May 17th, 2013 |