Michel Plasson
Michel Plasson (born 2 October 1933, Paris, France) is a French conductor. Plasson was a student of Lazare Lévy at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1962, he was a prize-winner at the International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors. He studied briefly in the United States, including time with Charles Münch. He became the music director of the city of Metz for 3 years. In 1968, Plasson became principal conductor of the Orchestre et Chœurs du Capitole de Toulouse. His recordings with the orchestra include orchestral works, and operettas of Jacques Offenbach, including Orphée aux enfers, La Vie parisienne, La Périchole and La belle Hélène, and Bizet's Carmen. Plasson resigned as principal conductor in 2003 and now has the title of "Honorary Conductor", or conductor emeritus. From 1994 to 2001, he was principal conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic. Guest appearances include Grand Théâtre de Genève, De Nederlandse Opera (Amsterdam) and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Plasson's son Emmanuel Plasson is also a conductor.
Genre: classical, opera
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- Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: Habanera. "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Carmen, Chœur)
- Bizet: Carmen, WD 31: Prélude
- Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: Habanera. "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Carmen, Chœur)
- Orff: Carmina Burana, Introduction, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna
- Bizet: Carmen, WD 31: Prélude
- Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: "Une jeune fille charmante" - "Et la garde descendante" (Moralès, Don José, Chœur)
- Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: "C'est bien là, n'est-ce pas ?" (Zuñiga, Don José)
- Orff: Carmina Burana, Pt. 1, Primo vere: Veris leta facies
- Orff: Carmina Burana, Conclusion, Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi: O Fortuna
- Debussy: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra, CD 72, L. 73: I. Andante - Allegro
- Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78 "Organ Symphony": II. (b) Maestoso - Allegro
- Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: "Sur la place, chacun passe" (Chœur, Moralès)
- Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 2: "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" - "Toréador en garde !" (Escamillo, Carmen, Frasquita, Mercédès, Moralès, Zuñiga, Chœur)
- Kosma: Suite symphonique d'après "Les portes de la nuit": III. Introduction & Valse "Les feuilles mortes"
- Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: Chœur des gamins. "Avec la garde montante, nous arrivons, nous voilà ! "(Chœur)
- Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: Chœur des cigarières. "Voyez-les ! regards impudents" - "Dans l'air nous suivons des yeux" (Chœur)
- Jaubert: Le jour se lève: Générique
- Kosma: Suite symphonique d'après "Les portes de la nuit": IV. Chanson "Les enfants qui s'aiment"
- Debussy: Fantaisie for Piano and Orchestra, CD 72, L. 73: I. Andante - Allegro
- Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: Air et Chœur. "L'amour est enfant de bohème" (Carmen, Chœur)
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