Vive la France! Opens The Season For The Balmain Sinfonia
The Balmain Sinfonia conducted by Gary Stavrou opens its 2015 season with an all-French program of music by Bizet, Berlioz and Franck which features Australian mezzo-soprano Ellen Malone. Bizet’s L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1 showcases his remarkable gifts for melody, orchestration, rhythmic energy and his ability to capture regional flavors. The incidental music for a 1872 production of…