Russians in Paris: Chaliapin, Viardot, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky

As a tribute to Viardot—opera singer, composer, salon hostess, and intimate of Russian writer Ivan Turgenev—Casey-Cabot, a graduate of Oberlin College and Yale University, will sing a selection of Viardot’s French repertoire as well as several of the celebrated soprano’s settings of Russian texts. She will also sing “Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova” and Natasha’s aria from “#WarandPeace,” both by Prokofiev, and an aria from Stravinsky's "The Nightingale," first performed in Paris by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1914.

Sedov, a Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance graduate and a former member of The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program, will sing Mephistopheles’s aria from Gounod’s “Faust” and Mussorgsky’s “Song of the Flea,” both made famous by legendary Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin.

Finally, violinist Emil Israel Chudnovsky, winner of top prizes in 9 international competitions, will play 3 pieces from "Romeo and Juliette" and March from "Love to Three Oranges" by Prokofiev, and pianist and RCAS favorite Genadi Zagor will offer his own improvisation on the themes of Igor Stravinsky.

$55 general admission, which includes wine and dessert reception with the artists (http://thercas.com/ticket-info).

NO monetary transactions are allowed at the Embassy, MUST BUY TICKETS IN ADVANCE: http://bit.ly/2npz7GL

Photo ID is required for entrance to the French Embassy in the U.S.
Street parking is available.

For more information, please call 703-354-7354.

Presented at La Maison Française
Embassy of France
4101 Reservoir Road NW
Washington, DC 20007

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