Erik Truffaz Quartet feat. Rokia Traoré Erik Truffaz, trumpet Rokia Traoré, song Benoît Corboz, claviers Marcello Giuliani, bass Arthur Hnatek, drum kit Is it still necessary to present him? A Slender figure, straight hair with a white beard, Erik Truffaz has marked the history of European jazz with at least two albums: The Dawn and Bending New Corners. Hip-hop, jungle rhythms and a timbre similar to that of Miles Davis: a cocktail that you just can't get enough of. The Swiss trumpet player, who has often taken an interest in non-western music, is making a comeback today – after a series of more pop style records with various singers including Sophie Hunger – this time with a new recording which is looking towards Africa: Doni Doni. Clearly in love with women's voices, he has invited Malian singer Rokia Traoré into the studio, who will of course be there for this stylistically very open-minded evening. Recorded on Sptember, 2016 at the Festival Jazz à la Villette TV Director, Giuseppe De Vecchi

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The Ninth Symhony Maurice Béjart, choreography After Schiller's "Ode to joy" Ludwig van Beethoven, music Maurice Béjart, staging Friedrich Nietzsche, Prologue Gil Roman, artistic director Israel Philharmonic orchestra Zubin Mehta, conductor Ritsuyukai choir Kufiami Kuriyama, chorus master Gil Roman, narratorr Kristin Lewis, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano Kei Fukui, tenor Alexander Vinogradov, bass JB Meier and Thierry Hochstätter, percussion Joëlle Roustan abd Roger Bernard, original costumes and sets Henri Davila, costumes adaptation Dominique Roman, Lighting realisation Piotr Nardelli, Ballet Master revival With The Béjart Ballet Lausanne The Tokyo Ballet and Solooists Dan Tsukamoto, Mizuka Ueno, Iori Nittono, Aya Takagi, Kathleen Thielheilm, Masayoshi Onuki, Elisabet Ros, Juien Favreau, Lisa Cano, Fabrice Gallarrague, Pauline Voisard, Felipe Rocha, Oscar Chacon, Keisuke Nasuno, Marsha Rodriguez, Cosima Munoz, Mari Ohashi, Kwinten Guilliams, Aldriana Vargas Lopez, Hector Navarro, Alanna Archibald Recorded on November 9 th 2014 at the NHK Hall Tokyo TV Director, Mari Hnamasu

Alice's adventures in Wonderland Christopher Wheeldon (choreography) Joby Talbot (music) Royal Ballet Royal Opera House Orchestra, Koen Kessels (conductor) Bob Crowley (set and costume design), Natasha Katz (lighting) Lauren Cuthbertson (Alice) Federico Bonelli (Jack | The Knave of Hearts) James Hay (Lewis Carroll | The White Rabbit) Laura Morera (Mother | The Queen of Hearts) Christopher Saunders (Father | The King of Hearts) Steven McRae (Magician | The Mad Hatter) Gary Avis (The Duchess) Fernando Montaño (Rajah | The Caterpillar) Paul Kay (Vicar | The March Hare) Romany Pajdak (Verger | The Dormouse) Kristen McNally (The Cook) London, Royal Opera House, 2017 TV Director, Jonathan Haswell

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Atys "Tragédie en musique" in a prologue and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 – 1687) Libretto by Philippe Quinault after Ovid's "Fasti" Creation in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, January 10, 1676 Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García Alarcón (Conductor) Choir of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Alan Woodbridge (Chorus Master) Ballet of the Grand Théâtre de Genève Angelin Preljocaj (Stage Direction and choreography) Prune Nourry (Sets), Jeanne Vicérial (Costumes), Eric Soyer (Lighting) Nicholas Scott (Zéphyr | Le Sommeil) Marta Fontanals-Simmons (Melpomène) Matthew Newlin (Atys) Giuseppina Bridelli (La Déesse Cybèle) Ana Quintans (Sangaride) Andreas Wolf (Celaenus) Gwendoline Blondeel (Iris | Doris | Divinité fontaine) Michael Mofidian (Idas | Phobetor | Un songe funeste) Valerio Contaldo (Morphée | Dieu de fleuve) José Pazos (Phantase) Luigi De Donato (Le Temps | Le Fleuve Sangar) Lore Binon (La Déesse Flore | Mélisse | Divinité fontaine) Versailles, Château de Versailles, Opéra, 23 March 2022

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Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, Kazuki Yamada (Conductor) Monte-Carlo Opera Chorus Marie-Nicole Lemieux (alto), Sibylle Duchesne (violin), Alexandre Fougeroux (cello), Alexandre Kantorow (piano) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921) Ouverture de Fête, Opus 133 Jules Massenet (1842 – 1912) Piano Concerto Camille Saint-Saëns La Muse et le poète, op. 132 Mélodies persanes, op. 26 Jules Massenet La Nef triomphale Monte-Carlo, Palais Princier, 17 July 2022

Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Kazuki Yamada (conductor) Truls Mørk (cello) Gounod (1818 – 1893) Symphony No. 1 in D Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921) Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 César Franck (1822 – 1890) Symphony in D minor Monte-Carlo, Auditorium Rainier III, November 28, 2021 TV director, Christophe Boula

Musical interludes on Mezzo TV: a channel dedicated to bringing you the best performances from opera, classical, dance and jazz. Intermezzo is a chance to see some of the world's most renowned conductors and musicians performing beautiful pieces.

The Ninth Symhony Maurice Béjart, choreography After Schiller's "Ode to joy" Ludwig van Beethoven, music Maurice Béjart, staging Friedrich Nietzsche, Prologue Gil Roman, artistic director Israel Philharmonic orchestra Zubin Mehta, conductor Ritsuyukai choir Kufiami Kuriyama, chorus master Gil Roman, narratorr Kristin Lewis, soprano Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano Kei Fukui, tenor Alexander Vinogradov, bass JB Meier and Thierry Hochstätter, percussion Joëlle Roustan abd Roger Bernard, original costumes and sets Henri Davila, costumes adaptation Dominique Roman, Lighting realisation Piotr Nardelli, Ballet Master revival With The Béjart Ballet Lausanne The Tokyo Ballet and Solooists Dan Tsukamoto, Mizuka Ueno, Iori Nittono, Aya Takagi, Kathleen Thielheilm, Masayoshi Onuki, Elisabet Ros, Juien Favreau, Lisa Cano, Fabrice Gallarrague, Pauline Voisard, Felipe Rocha, Oscar Chacon, Keisuke Nasuno, Marsha Rodriguez, Cosima Munoz, Mari Ohashi, Kwinten Guilliams, Aldriana Vargas Lopez, Hector Navarro, Alanna Archibald Recorded on November 9 th 2014 at the NHK Hall Tokyo TV Director, Mari Hnamasu

David et Jonathas Biblical tragedy in five acts with prologue by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 – 1704) Libretto by François Bretonneau First performance in Paris, Collège Louis-le-Grand, February 28, 1688 Ensemble Marguerite Louise, Gaétan Jarry (Conductor) Marshall Pynkoski (Stage director) Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg (Choreography), Antoine and Roland Fontaine (Sets), Hervé Gary (Lighting), Christian Lacroix (costumes) Reinoud Van Mechelen (David) Caroline Arnaud (Jonathas) David Witczak (Saul) François-Olivier Jean (Pythonisse) Antonin Rondepierre (Joabel) Geoffroy Buffière (The shadow of Samuel) Virgil Ancely (Achis) Château de Versailles, Royal Chapel, 10 November 2022

Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann (conductor) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Symphony No.3 in E flat major op. 55 "Eroica" Recorded in 2008 at the Musikverein, Vienna Directed by Agnes Méth

Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann (conductor) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Symphony No.7 in A major op. 92 Recorded in 2008 at the Musikverein, Vienna Directed by Agnes Méth

Wiener Philharmoniker, Christian Thielemann (conductor) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Symphony No.8 in F major op. 93 Recorded in 2008 at the Musikverein, Vienna Directed by Agnes Méth

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Elektra "Tragödie" in one act by Richard Strauss (1864 – 1949) Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal after Sophocle's "Electra" First performance in Dresden, Hofoper, 25 January 1909 Wiener Philharmoniker, Franz Welser-Möst (Conductor) Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Ernst Raffelsberger (Chorus Master) Krzysztof Warlikowski (Stage Direction) Małgorzata Szczęśniak (Sets, costumes), Felice Ross (Lighting), Denis Guéguin (Video), Claude Bardouil (Choreography), Christian Longchamp (Dramaturgy) Tanja Ariane Baumgartner (Klytämnestra) Ausrine Stundyte (Elektra) Asmik Grigorian (Chrysothemis) Michael Laurenz (Aegisth) Derek Welton (Orest) Tilmann Rönnebeck (Der Pfleger des Orest) Matthäus Schmidlechner (Ein junger Diener) Sonja Šarić (Die Aufseherin) Bonita Hyman (Erste Magd) Evgenia Asanova (Zweite Magd) Deniz Uzun (Dritte Magd) Sinéad Campbell Wallace (Vierte Magd) Natalia Tanasii (Fünfte Magd) Valeriia Savinskaia (Die Vertraute) Verity Wingate (Die Schleppträgerin) the Salzburg Festival, Felsenreitschule TV Director, Myriam Hoyer

Rokia Traoré | Rubén Pellejero Rokia Traoré, chant Mamadyba Camara, Kora Mamah Diabaté, N'goni Every year, the Angoulême Festival proposes to a comic strip author to create the Jazz à Vienne poster, and the two festivals offer a creative comic concert that mixes music and comic strips. Both festivals offer a creative comic concert that will mix music and comic strips, bringing together a cartoonist and a musician, who express themselves live with their own "tools" to compose a hybrid work. This particular comic concert brings together the singer Rokia Traoré and the cartoonist Rubén Pellejero. Recorded on January 26, 2018 at the Festival d'Angoulème TV Director, Samuel Thiebaut

Roberto Fonseca (keyboard, piano, vocals) Yandy Martinez (bass, double bass) Ruly Herrera (drums) Nancy Jazz Pulsation Festival Nancy, 2021 Recorded under the marquee of Nancy Jazz Pulsations, October 12, 2021 Directed by Sylvain Pierrel

Renaud Capuçon (violin) Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750) Solo Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor BWV 1001 Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 Partita for Solo Violin No. 2 in D minor BWV 1004 Paris, Louis Vuitton Foundation, March 8, 2023