Paris Opera Orchestra
The Paris National Opera Orchestra is not only one of the most respected operatic ensembles in the world today, but one of the busiest and most versatile. The PNOO regularly perform for opera, ballet, and concert presentations at the company's two Paris locations, Palais Garnier and Opera Bastille. Each year the orchestra's concert schedule includes as many as 280 performances. Most of the operas are presented at the Opera Bastille location, while bulk of the ballets are staged at Palais Garnier, with concerts shared at both. The PNOO have performed repertory from virtually all periods and under the leadership of countless music directors and guest conductors. The ensemble consists of 174 members and has appeared on hundreds of recordings over the years for such labels as Arthaus Musik, EMI, Opus Arte, and many others.
The Paris National Opera Orchestra's roots date back to 1672, from which time the ensemble performed in about three productions a year under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully, music director from 1672-1687. Initially, it was a chamber-sized ensemble and by the early years of the 18th century, they were performing for ten or more productions yearly.
From 1776, the orchestra performed for ballet productions, which were introduced that year at the opera by Jean-Georges Noverre. Gradually the size of the ensemble grew as operatic and ballet productions increased. In the 19th century commissions were regularly offered to composers, and productions increased to 30 or more per year, with notable works by Donizetti, Verdi, Gounod, Wagner, and others.
Apart from a brief relocation to the Théatre Sarah Bernhardt and the Théatre des Champs Elysées in 1936-1937 for renovations, the opera company and orchestra began staging productions and concerts at the Palais Garnier from January 5, 1875, to the present.
In the 20th century there numerous memorable performances by the orchestra including the 1957 French premiere of Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites and the 1987 performance of Handel's Julius Caesar, for which the ensemble performed on original instruments for the first time.
From 1989, the PNOO began performing at its second location, the Opera Bastille. The orchestra, having had such notable music directors as Louis Fourestier (1937-1965), Georges Prêtre (1970-1971), and Alain Lombard (1981-1983) was taken over by James Conlon in 1995. After Conlon's departure in 2004 the PNOO performed without a music director until the 2009 appointment of Philippe Jordan. Among the PNOO's more acclaimed recordings is their 2007 Opus Arte DVD of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, with Vello Pähn conducting.
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Discography
18 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Gounod: Faust (Stereo Version)
Paris Opera Orchestra, André Cluytens, Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan. 1, 1960
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bizet: Carmen, sélection lyrique (Stereo Version)
Jane Rhodes, Albert Lance, Paris Opera Orchestra, Roberto Benzi
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan. 1, 1960
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Dutilleux: Symphonie No. 1 (Mono Version)
Paris Opera Orchestra, Pierre Dervaux
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on Jan. 1, 1957
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
L'œuvre pour trompette (Complete Trumpet Works), Fanfares liturgiques, Procession nocturne (Complete Works with Trumpet & Fanfares Liturgiques)
Eric Aubier, Paris Opera Orchestra, Alexandre Baty
Classical - Released by Indesens on Jan. 4, 2012
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila
Orchestre du Théâtre de l'Opéra de Paris, Louis Fourestier, José Luccione
Opera - Released by The Art Of Singing on Oct. 22, 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris, Alberto Erede, Raoul Jobin, Janine Micheau
Opera - Released by The Art Of Singing on Sep. 5, 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gounod : Faust (Mono Version 1953) (Mono Version)
Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, André Cluytens, Paris Opera Orchestra
Full Operas - Released by BNF Collection on Jan. 1, 1960
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Massenet: Werther (Recorded 1953)
Opera - Released by Andromeda on Jul. 1, 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gounod: Faust
Orchestre du Théâtre de l'Opéra de Paris, André Cluytens, Nicolaï Gedda, Boris Christoff
Opera - Released by The Art Of Singing on Jan. 1, 1960
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Adam: Giselle - Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite (Recorded 1953 & 1960)
Paris Opera Orchestra, Richard Blareau
Classical - Released by Guild GmbH on Sep. 15, 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
L'opérette viennoise (Mono Version)
Paris Opera Orchestra, Jean Laforge
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on Jan. 1, 1963
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Gounod: Faust
Orchestre du Théâtre de l'Opéra de Paris, André Cluytens, Nicolaï Gedda
Opera - Released by The Art Of Singing on Jan. 1, 1960
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Werther
Georges Thill, Ninon Vallin, Paris National Opera Chorus, Paris Opera Orchestra, Elie Cohen
Opera - Released by Naxos on Jan. 1, 1958
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française / Louis Fourestier play: Edouard Lalo: Namouna, Suites n°1 et n°2 & Le Roi d'Ys
Paris Opera Orchestra, Jean Boulze, Orchestre des Concerts Colonne, Orchestre National de France, Jacques Neilz, Suzanne Juyol
Ballets - Released by Classico Ivano on May 8, 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bizet: L'Arlésienne, Suites Nos. 1 & 2 - Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande (Mono Version)
Paris Opera Orchestra, Pierre-Michel Le Conte
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan. 1, 1956
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto 1 - Lalo: Cello Concerto (1955)
André Navarra, Paris Opera Orchestra, Emanuel Young
Classical - Released by Naxos Classical Archives on Jan. 1, 2000
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Verdi: La traviata, Extracts (French Version, Mono Version)
Paris Opera Orchestra, Pierre Dervaux, Mado Robin
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan. 1, 1963
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Wagner: Prelude and Liebestod from "Tristan und Isolde"
Pierre Dervaux, Paris Opera Orchestra
Opera - Released by Sunday Club Records on Jan. 24, 2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo