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Upon returning to France, he was appointed at Metz and, in 1968, was appointed director of both the Orchestre and the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse. In 1983, because of increasing engagements outside of France, Michel Plasson gave up his post as director of the Théâtre in order to spend more time with the Orchestre du Capitole.
In 1974, Michel Plasson discovered that the Halle aux Grains had excellent acoustics and immediately transformed it into a 3000-seat concert hall where the orchestra's concert series have been given ever since. Fidelio staged by Lavelli in 1977 confirmed that the Halle aux Grains was also a wonderful place to give opera performances. Michel Plasson has since conducted such works as Salomé, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Aida, Faust, and Carmen.
Plasson has also promoted French music in France and abroad, during his numerous tours with the Orchestre du Capitole, which has also been involved in commissioning many contemporary works.
EMI France and Michel Plasson have created many recordings of major works of French composers, some never recorded before. Many have since received the highest distinctions worldwide. In May 1984, Michel Plasson conducted 16 performances of Aida at the Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy for an audience of nearly 200.000 spectators. Since that time, he has performed Turandot (1985), Verdi's Requiem (1986) and Nabucco (1987) with the same success.
Although Plasson has long term commitments with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, he has also regularly conducted the world's leading orchestras including the Berlin Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Opéra de Paris. Moreover, Michel Plasson is music director of the Dresden Philharmonic. His recent recordings of Gounod's Faust and Massenet's Don Quichotte and Herodiade, Orff's Carmina Burana for EMI France have been hailed by the critics as some of the most brilliant achievements of recent times.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Among some very good Werhter's, this is essential.,
By RAWoFFtheWaLL "Workman" (Williamsport, PA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Werther (Bonus CD) (Audio CD)
If you enjoy the dark, hauntingly romantic melodies of Massenet's poplular opera, Werther, you must purchase this reissue from EMI. This set and the more recent EMI (Alagna and Gheorghiu) and RCA (Vargas and Kasarova) sets are the best sung and played, but only here do you get the ultimate Werther of Alfredo Kraus. This man was born to sing this role. Kraus's unique ability to vocally portray this character is something of a miracle. Many tenors overplay the depression and make the charater seem mad and angry rather than depressed and heart broken. Werther is Massenet, not Puccini. The emotions are much more internal than in most Italian opera, so tenors like Corelli, Carreras, and Domingo might sound awesome singing Werther, but are they really singing what Werther is thinking and sounding the way Werther really feels? Tatiana Troyanos is, as always, a thrill to hear. I wish there were more recordings featuring this stunning mezzo. Troyanos oozes with vocalism which ultimately, leads to Werther's suicide. Buy this while it is back in issue!
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