Rebelle Eva Zaïcik, Orchestre National de Lille & Pierre Dumoussaud

• Ferdinand Poise (1828 - 1892): La Surprise de l'amour, Act II:
• 1 Poise: La Surprise de l'amour, Act II: Chacun connaît de Colombine 01:48
• Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896): Mignon, Act II:
• 2 Thomas: Mignon, Act II: Introduction et récit-cantabile. Elle est là, près de lui 07:01
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875): Carmen, WD 31, Act I:
• 3 Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act I: Habanera. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 03:15
• Louis Deffès (1819 - 1900): Les noces de Fernande, Act I:
• 4 Deffès: Les noces de Fernande, Act I: Nuit d'amour et de plaisir 02:33
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880): Fantasio, Act I Scene 5:
• 5 Offenbach: Fantasio, Act I Scene 5: Voyez dans la nuit brune 03:57
• Victor Massé (1822 - 1884): Fior d'Aliza, Act V:
• 6 Massé: Fior d'Aliza, Act V: Entracte symphonique 02:21
• Fior d'Aliza, Act III:
• 7 Massé: Fior d'Aliza, Act III: Ma mère était bohémienne 04:46
• Ernest Guiraud (1837 - 1892): Piccolino, Act I:
• 8 Guiraud: Piccolino, Act I: Cavatine. Noël ! Déjà ! 04:54
• Ambroise Thomas: Mignon, Act I:
• 9 Thomas: Mignon, Act I: Romance. Connais-tu le pays où fleurit l'oranger ? 04:56
• Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act I:
• 10 Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act I: Près des remparts de Séville 02:04
• Emile Paladilhe (1844 - 1926): Le passant:
• 11 Paladilhe: Le passant: Prélude 04:11
• Le passant, Act II:
• 12 Paladilhe: Le passant, Act II: Mignonne bien-aimée 03:00
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912): Don César de Bazan, Act II Scene 1:
• 13 Massenet: Don César de Bazan, Act II Scene 1: Berceuse. Dors, ami, dors 03:36
• Albert Grisar: Les Porcherons, Act III:
• 14 Grisar: Les Porcherons, Act III: Air. Quoi ! Perdue ! 05:42
• Jacques Offenbach: Robinson Crusoé, Act III:
• 15 Offenbach: Robinson Crusoé, Act III: Berceuse. Beauté qui viens des cieux 03:24
• Jules Cohen (1830 - 1901): José-Maria, Act I:
• 16 Cohen: José-Maria, Act I: Air. Poltrons ! Vous qui sauvez en cirant 04:09
• Total Runtime 01:01:37

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To mark the 150th anniversary of Bizet's death and the premiere of his immensely popular Carmen, Alpha Classics and Le Palazzetto Bru Zane now pay tribute to Célestine Galli-Marié, the singer who created the title role. A remarkable actress and singer, she created sixteen roles in fifteen years at the Opéra-Comique, including Ambroise Thomas’ iconic Mignon and Jacques Offenbach’s Fantasio.

Eva Zaïcik is delighted to take on the roles created by such a colourful artist: ‘Célestine embodied a certain idea of artistic and feminine rebellion. Her voice, charisma and unique theatrical approach brought to life characters who were free, complex and often struggled with the norms of their time.’ Supported superbly by Pierre Dumoussaud and the Orchestre National de Lille, the French mezzo not only brilliantly embodies characters created by Bizet, Massenet, Offenbach and Thomas but also breathes new life into arias by Paladilhe, Poise, Deffès, Massé, Guiraud, Cohen and Grisar.

Eva Zaïcik, mezzo-soprano
Orchestre National de Lille
Pierre Dumoussaud, conductor

Eva Zaïcik
Very early on noticed for the beauty and length of her voice, the fullness and flexibility of which allow her to sing Monteverdi as well as Berlioz, Rossini or Tchaïkovsky, Eva Zaïcik has established herself as one of the most remarkable singers of her generation.

In addition, she cultivates a musical diversity favouring the most daring explorations alongside leading musicians. In 2018, when the mezzo-soprano won Second Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, she was also honoured as a Lyrical Revelation at the Victoires de la Musique Classique and with a Second Prize at the Voix Nouvelles Competition. These distinctions only confirmed an already considerable career, which has seen her collaborate with first-class conductors, to name only : William Christie (she was a member of the Jardin des Voix 2017), Thomas Hengelbrock, Vincent Dumestre, Hervé Niquet, Christophe Rousset, Julien Chauvin without forgetting Philippe Herreweghe, Laurence Equilbey, Emmanuelle Haïm, René Jacobs or Alain Altinoglu.

Recently, she performed Carmen (Bizet), Olga (Eugène Oneguine, Tchaïkovsky), Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Rossini) and Sélysette (Ariane et Barbe Bleue, Dukas) at the National Opera of Capitole in Toulouse, Vénus in Idoménée by Campra at the Opéra de Lille and at the Berlin Staatsoper with Emmanuelle Haïm. The Vespro della Beata Vergine by Monteverdi with the Ensembke Pygmalion and Raphaël Pichon in a staging by Pierre Audi, Paulina in Pikovaja Dama by Tchaikovsky at the Nice and Toulon opera houses in a staging by Olivier Py.

She sang Berio’s Folk Songs and Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder with great success with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Saint-Denis Festival. Eva has also performed Berlioz’s Les Nuits d’Eté, conducted by Michael Schønwandt with the Aalborg Sinfonikorkester, Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with Philippe Herreweghe and the Collegium Vocale Gent, Mozart’s Requiem with the Münich Philharmoniker under the baton of Philippe Herreweghe.

The 2022-2023 season was particulary abundant : Eva made her debut at the Theater an der Wien in the production of Belshazzar by Handel under the direction of Christina Pluhar, in a staging by Marie-Eve Signeyrole. She was Lola in Cavalleria Rusticana at the Festspielhaus in Baden Baden under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock.

She maintains a special bond with Justin Taylor and Le Consort around several baroque programs given throughout Europe. This collaboration materialised at Alpha Classics with the CD “Venez, chère ombre” (2018) and “Royal Handel” (2021), both of which were elected as a Choc of Classica magazine and the “Choice of the month” by France Musique.

During the 2024-2025 season, Eva Zaïcik performs as Cretidea (L’Uomo Femina, Galuppi, staged by Agnès Jaoui) with Le Poème Harmonique, an ensemble she reunites with for Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Vivaldi’s Nisi Dominus (album released on 2020).

She sings under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock with the Münchner Philharmoniker in Bruckner’s Mass No. 3, as well as in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the Balthazar Neumann Ensemble in a big a European Tour.

She joins Emmanuelle Haïm for Handel’s Dixit Dominus with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and take part in the reopening concerts of Notre-Dame de Paris.

She also presents Mayrig, her album dedicates to Armenian music, released by Alpha Classics, at the Philharmonie de Paris and in Aix-en-Provence.

For her latest album, Rebelle, Eva Zaïcik chose to pay tribute to Célestine Galli-Marié, the first Carmen—a remarkable singer-actress who created sixteen roles in fifteen years at the Opéra-Comique, including, besides Carmen, the iconic Mignon by Ambroise Thomas and Fantasio by Jacques Offenbach.

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