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- 3rd Georges Bizet Festival – Vocal Recital around Carmen by Anaïs Bertrand and Flore Merlin
3rd Georges Bizet Festival – Vocal Recital around Carmen by Anaïs Bertrand and Flore Merlin
Sunday 21 September 2025
Location : Villa Viardot
Destination
16 rue Ivan Tourgueneff
78380
Bougival
GPS coordinates
Latitude : 48.86643
Longitude : 2.147444
Access via 14 rue Yvan Tourgueneff and the Parc forestier de la Jonchère
By public transport:
From Rueil-Malmaison (RER A): bus 6227 (stop La Jonchère)
From Saint-Germain-en-Laye: bus 259 (stop La Chaussée - Musée Tourgueniev)
From Paris Saint-Lazare: train Transilien L direction Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche (stop Bougival), then bus D (stop La Poste)
From Versailles: Express bus 1 (Ancienne Mairie stop), then bus 259 (La Chaussée - Musée Tourgueniev stop)
By car:
Parking Bouzemont (limited to 2 hours)
Croix aux Vents car park (free)
Vieljeux car park, on the Île de la Chaussée (free)
Heritage walks by bike, on foot or by boat from the Maison Fournaise in Chatou, the Château de Bois-Préau in Rueil-Malmaison, etc.
By public transport:
From Rueil-Malmaison (RER A): bus 6227 (stop La Jonchère)
From Saint-Germain-en-Laye: bus 259 (stop La Chaussée - Musée Tourgueniev)
From Paris Saint-Lazare: train Transilien L direction Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche (stop Bougival), then bus D (stop La Poste)
From Versailles: Express bus 1 (Ancienne Mairie stop), then bus 259 (La Chaussée - Musée Tourgueniev stop)
By car:
Parking Bouzemont (limited to 2 hours)
Croix aux Vents car park (free)
Vieljeux car park, on the Île de la Chaussée (free)
Heritage walks by bike, on foot or by boat from the Maison Fournaise in Chatou, the Château de Bois-Préau in Rueil-Malmaison, etc.
Event Organizer
Association Les Amis de Georges Bizet
Location
Villa Viardot
16 rue Ivan Tourgueneff
78380
Bougival
Presentation
From the ramparts of Seville to the salons of Pauline Viardot in Bougival, the 3rd Georges Bizet Festival celebrates the 150th anniversary of the creation of Carmen as part of the European Heritage Days.
Anaïs Bertrand and Flore Merlin revisit Bizet, Viardot, Ravel and Debussy in a spellbinding programme tinged with Spanish colours, in this vocal recital.
Anaïs Bertrand currently plays Carmen in the touring production "Carmen, landscape-opera" staged by Jeanne Desoubeaux. She first drew attention in 2018 by winning first prize in the Froville Baroque Singing Competition, and now performs in many projects with leading ensembles: Le Poème Harmonique, Pygmalion, Les Surprises, Correspondances, La Tempête, IRCAM, and major opera houses.
Flore Merlin is a sought-after pianist who performed at the opening of the Viardot Villa in 2023.
Programme
Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875)
Carmen (1875) :
La Habanera, Entracte premier acte,
La Seguedille, Entracte deuxième acte
La chanson Bohémienne,
Air des cartes
Entracte troisième acte
Vingt Mélodies op.21 (1871) :
Les adieux de l’hôtesse arabe
Pauline Viardot (1821 – 1910)
Caña
Rondeña
Cancion de la infanta
Cancion española
La tortilla triste
Les filles de Cadix
Romance espagnole
Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
Danse Bohémienne
Estampe L.100 (1903).
II : Soirée dans grenade piano solo
Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)
Chanson espagnole
Anaïs Bertrand currently plays Carmen in the touring production "Carmen, landscape-opera" staged by Jeanne Desoubeaux. She first drew attention in 2018 by winning first prize in the Froville Baroque Singing Competition, and now performs in many projects with leading ensembles: Le Poème Harmonique, Pygmalion, Les Surprises, Correspondances, La Tempête, IRCAM, and major opera houses.
Flore Merlin is a sought-after pianist who performed at the opening of the Viardot Villa in 2023.
Programme
Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875)
Carmen (1875) :
La Habanera, Entracte premier acte,
La Seguedille, Entracte deuxième acte
La chanson Bohémienne,
Air des cartes
Entracte troisième acte
Vingt Mélodies op.21 (1871) :
Les adieux de l’hôtesse arabe
Pauline Viardot (1821 – 1910)
Caña
Rondeña
Cancion de la infanta
Cancion española
La tortilla triste
Les filles de Cadix
Romance espagnole
Claude Debussy (1862 – 1918)
Danse Bohémienne
Estampe L.100 (1903).
II : Soirée dans grenade piano solo
Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937)
Chanson espagnole
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