The Perfect American Opera in two acts by Philip Glass (born in 1937) Libretto by Rudy Wurlitzer, based on "Der König von Amerika" by Peter Stephan Jungk First performance in Madrid, Teatro Real, January 22, 2013 Coro y Orquesta titular del Teatro Real (Coro Intermezzo y Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid), Dennis Russell Davies (Musical Director) Andrés Máspero (chorus master) Phelim McDermott (Director) Dan Potra (Sets, costumes), Jon Clark (lights), Ben Wright (Choreographer), Leo Warner (Video) Christopher Purves (Walt Disney) David Pittsinger (Roy) Donald Kaasch (Dantine) Janis Kelly (Hazel George) Marie McLaughlin (Lillian Disney) Sarah Tynan (Sharon) Nazan Fikret (Diana) Rosie Lomas (Lucy | Josh) Zachary James (Abraham Lincoln | Employee of the mortuary) John Easterlin (Andy Warhol) Juan Noval-Moro (Chuck | A Doctor) Beatriz de Gálvez (A secretary) Noelia Buñuel (A nurse) The Improbable Skills Ensemble (Actors) Madrid, Teatro Real, 2013 Directed by Janos Darvas

Éric Legnini Trio Éric Legnini Trio Eric Legnini (piano) Rocky Gresset (guitar) Thomas Bramerie (double bass) A foot-stomping jazz, touched by soul and by funk. Eric Legnini's recording tryptich, begun in 2006 with Miss Soul (then Big Boogaloo and Trippin'), marking the magnificent first steps of a leader for a pianist with a hyper-sophisticated bop language as early as the middle of the 1990's alongside the saxophonist Stefano Di Battista. Since then, the Belgian musician, settled in Paris has led an eclectic career, multiplied collaborations with vocalists (his friend Huge Coltman amngst others) and regularly puts on his producer's hat. In this 2019 season, Eric Legnini is coming back to the trio, but this time without drums : he will be accompanied by the guitarist Rocky Gresset (a reference on the Gypsy jazz scene) and by Thomas Bramerie (long-time touring partner and very probably the most sought after Parisian bass player) with whom he will present a completely new repertoire. Recorded on September 7, 2019 at the Pierre Boulez Hall - Philharmonie, Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Samuel Thibaut

Ensemble Intercontemporain, Matthias Pintscher (Conductor) Bernhard Gander (B. 1969) Take death Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993) Naval Aviation in Art? Dupree's Paradise The Perfect Stranger Edgard Varèse (1883 -1965) Intégrales John Zorn (B. 1953) For Your Eyes Only Frank Zappa Get Whitey The Dog Breath Variations / Uncle Meat (aka Dog / Meat), G-Spot Tornado Recorded at the Philharmonie de Paris, 29 September 2018 Directed by Jérémie Schellaert

Musical interludes: a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

La Traviata Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave after La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas First performance in Venice, Teatro La Fenice, 6 mars 1853 Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Liceu Opera Barcelona, Speranza Scappucci (Conductor) Conxita Garcia (Chorus Master) David McVicar (Stage Direction), Marie Lambert (Reprise) Tanya McCallin (Sets, costumes) Jennifer Tipton (Lighting) Kristina Mkhitaryan (Violetta Valéry) Pavol Breslik (Alfredo Germont) Laura Vila (Flora Bervoix) Gemma Coma-Alabert (Aninna) George Petean (Giorgio Germont) Aaron Blake (Gastone) Gerardo Bullón (Douphol) Tomeu Bibiloni (D'Obigny) Felipe Bou (Grenvil) Recorded at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, 21 December 2020

Segovia at Los Olivos Directed by Christopher Nupen In fact, in Western classical music, the achievement of Andrés Segovia is unique. As a boy in Granada, he was captivated by the variety of tone colours and the wealth of harmonic possibilities of the Spanish guitar and he saw a future for it that nobody had previously even dreamed of. On those seemingly slender beginnings he set out on a remarkable quest. Using the work done by Fernando Sor and Francisco Tarrega in the nineteenth century and adding the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach, he began to build not only a career for himself, but to lay the foundations of modern guitar technique and the present-day international popularity of the Spanish guitar as a serious musical instrument. Within twenty years, Andrés Segovia had taught himself the instrument, revolutionised the technique and won acceptance for it on the concert platforms of Europe. He spent the next fifty years giving concerts in almost every part of the world and was at various times a resident of the United States, Switzerland and Argentina. At the age of 75, he returned to his native Andalusia with his young wife, Emilita, and built a new home, Los Olivos, on the Costa del Sol as close as he could to Granada. This film is made in the relaxed atmosphere of his new home and in Jaen and Granada where he spent his formative years. The idea is very simple: to give a great man an opportunity of looking back on sixty years of concert life and one of the most unusual contributions to Western music made by any performing musician in the last hundred years. Segovia talks in his inimitable poetic way about what he has tried to do, and plays some of the music most closely associated with him and his extraordinary career.

Judith Jáuregui (piano), Quatuor Gerhard Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Piano Quintet no. 2 in A major op. 81 Enrique Granados (1867-1916) Piano Quintet in G minor op. 49 Lille Piano Festival, 12 June 2022

Suite Flamenca Bodas de Sangre, Suite Flamenca Antonio Gades, Ricardo Freire, Juan Antonio Zafra (music) Stella Arauzo Miguel Lara Companía Antonio Gades Cristina Hoyos (choreography) Teatro Real, Madrid, 2011

"Medusa" Felipe Cabrera (double bass, composition) Leonardo Monatana (piano) Lukmil Perez (drums) Judith Sánchez Ruiz (choreography, dance) The music of "Medusa" was born in Havana, during a 110-day lock-down when Felipe Cabrera found himself alone in the country that saw him grow up. Pillar of the great Cuban jazz school, the double bassist based in Paris has decided to turn his accidental return to his native country into art in times of pandemic. While Cuba was completely closing in on itself to absorb the global disruption, he composed five superb musical pieces, which he created for Banlieues Bleues with his faithful trio and a distinguished guest, also from Cuba, the choreographer and dancer Judith Sanchez Ruiz. Recorded at the Salle Jacques-Brel (Pantin) on March 19, 2021, as part of the 38th Banlieues Bleues festival, Directed by Guillaume Dero

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor) Faustine de Monès (soprano), Peter Donohoe (piano), Cynthia Millar (Ondes Martenot) Betsy Jolas (b. 1926) Ces belles années… (world premiere) Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992) Turangalîla-Symphonie London, Barbican Hall, 15 June 2023

Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, Tito Muñoz (conductor) Benjamin Kruithof (cello), Maria Marica (violin), Alexandra Segal (piano) Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904) Cello Concerto in B minor op. 104 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) Violin Concerto in D major op. 77 Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) Variation on a theme from Corelli op. 42

Arabella "Lyrische Komödie" in three acts Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal First performance at Dresden, Sächsisches Staatstheater, 1 July 1933 Principal Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real, David Afkham (conductor) Andrés Máspero (Chorus Director) Christof Loy (Stage Direction) Herbert Murauer (Stage and Costume Design), Reinhard Traub (Lighting), Thomas Wilhelm (Choreography) Jacquelyn Wagner (Arabella) Sarah Defrise (Zdenka) Martin Winkler (Count Waldner) Anne Sofie von Otter (Adelaide) Josef Wagner (Mandryka) Matthew Newlin (Matteo) Dean Power (Count Elemer) Roger Smeets (Count Dominik) Tyler Zimmerman (Count Lamoral) Madrid, Teatro Real, 9 February 2023

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Lahav Shani (conductor) Juan Pérez Floristán (piano) Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) Scythian Suite Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) Petrushka Tel Aviv, Charles Bronfman Auditorium, 31 March 2023

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, Sergey Smbatyan (conductor) Sevak Avanesyan (cello) Lilit Zakaryan (piano) Aram Khachaturian 1903 - 1978 Waltz - Masquerade Edvard Baghdasaryan 1922 -1987 Nocturne (arr. Martin Unlikhanyan) Aram Khachaturian Variation of Aegina and Bacchanalia - Spartacus Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia - Spartacus Georges Bizet 1838 -1875 Les Toréadors - Carmen suite no 1 Pyotr Tchaikovsky 1840 - 1893 Waltz of the flowers | March |Trepak -The Nutcracker Arno Babajanyan 1921 - 1983 Nocturne for Piano and Orchestra Alexander Arutiunian 1920 - 2012 Impromptu for Cello and Orchestra Aram Khachaturian Mazurka | Gallop - Masquerade Sabre dance - Gayaneh

The life I love - The pianist Menahem Pressler The music world has known Menahem Pressler for more than half a century and mainly for his work with the famous Beaux Arts Trio. He was the heart of this ensemble and when in 2008 the trio decided to separate, it was not the end for Menahem Pressler's career - in fact it was the start of a most remarkable and successful path as a soloist and in 2013, the 90-year-old grand seigneur of the piano gave his long overdue debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker. In 'The life I love - the pianist Menahem Pressler', from talks with Pressler over excerpts from one of his Master Classes, to interviews with artists like Daniel Harding, Quatuor Ébène, Leonidas Kavakos or Daniel Hope, we will gain deep insights into the life of this enchantingly "venerable prodigy". Menahem Pressler died on May 6, 2023 Directed by Grete Liffers 2014

Catedral Direction - Juan Dolores Caballero Choreography - Patricia Guerrero Music - Juan Requena - Agustín Diassera Lighting creation - Manuel Madueño Costume design - Laura Capote Baile - Patricia Guerrero Corps de ballet - Maise Márquez, Ana Agraz, Laura Santamaría Tenor - Diego Perez Countertenor - Daniel Pérez Vocals - Jose Angel Carmona Guitar - Juan Requena Percussion - Agustín Diassera y David "Chupete" Directed by Yan Proefrock Granada, Teatro Alhambra, May 11, 2023