This concert showcases the finest instrumental pieces from the opera repertoire. Grouped into small ensembles – strings, woodwinds, brass or percussion – the musicians of the Lyon Opera Orchestra offer a fresh take on masterpieces by Mozart, Bizet, Rossini, Rameau, Saint-Saëns, Richard Strauss and Bernstein. These arrangements reveal the full subtlety of the scores and allow each instrument to be heard with a rare sense of intimacy.
Enjoy a musical journey through the great opera classics, right up to the musical West Side Story, to discover or rediscover some of the most famous works in the repertoire