Charles Gounod:
Faust:
Introduction to Act IV
Marguerite, Rec - "Elles se cachaient...'
Air - "Il ne revient pas…"
Romeo Et Juliette:
Juliette, Rec - "Dieu quel frisson court dans mes veines…"
Air - "Amour, ranime mon courage…"

Camille Saint-Saens:
Henri VII:
Catherine, Rec - "O cruels souvenirs…"
Air - "Je ne te reverrai jamais…"

Georges Bizet:
Carmen:
Micaela, Rec - "C'est des contrebandiers…"
Air - "Je dis que rien ne m'epouvante…"

Claude Debussy:
L'Enfant Prodigue:
Prelude
Lia - "L'annee en vain chasse l'annee…"

Jacques Offenbach:
Les Contes D'Hoffman:
Antonia - "Elle a fui la tourterelle…"

Jules Massenet:
Thais - Meditation from Thais
Herodiade:
Salome - "Celui dont la parole… Il est doux, il est bon…"

Edouard Lalo:
Fiesque:
Leonore, Rec - "Une femme viendra…"
Air - "Eloignons ces presages…"

Francis Poulenc:
Leocadia:
Amanda - "Les chemins de l'amour"

This is a program of some of the greatest French Opera Arias. These are all among the most beautiful opera arias for soprano in the entire operatic canon.

Belgian soprano, Iris Hendrickx, beautfully performs this program of French Opera Arias. The conductor, Patrick Fournillier, is a specialist in French operatic works, and the orchestra is the wonderful Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi.

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Recorded Live September 29 & October 1, 2017 at Auditorium di Milano.