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Laurent Petitgirard was born in Paris on 10 June 1950. He studied piano with his father Serge Petitgirard, a pupil of Alfred Cortot and Yves Nat, and composition with his older brother Alain Kremski (Kremski being their mother’s name). [1][2] He has composed over twenty works of symphonic music, operas, ballets, chamber music and nearly one ...
Laurent Petitgirard recorded the opera with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo and with Nathalie Stutzmann in the title role (Naxos). The opera was restaged at Nice Opera from 29 November to 3 December 2002. A DVD of a live performance in Nice was released by the label Marco Polo and is to be broadcast in 2005 on TF1 and Mezzo.
Biography. Born in 1950, Laurent Petitgirard studied the piano with Serge Petitgirard and composition with Alain Kremski. An eclectic musician, his career as a composer of symphonic music, operas or chamber music and movies scores is matched by an important activity as a conductor. Music director Orchestre Symphonique Français 1989-1996, he ...
A new production, directed by Doug Varone, was premiered in May 2006 at the Minneapolis Opera. Petitgirard’s second opera, Guru, with a libretto by the composer and Xavier Maurel, was premiered at the Nice Opera in November 2010 and recorded for Naxos.
November 2002 saw the premiere of a new opera by composer Laurent Petitgirard, his first effort in the genre, and Marco Polo has released a DVD of a live performance held at the Nice Opera house. The Elephant Man portrays the life of Joseph Merrick, a man suffering from a horribly disfiguring disease. His story is familiar both from a ...
AN OPERA COMPOSED BY LAURENT PETITGIRARD. Libretto by Xavier Maurel based on an original idea of the composer. State Commission. OSF Productions Publisher. Recorded for the label Naxos in October 2010 in Budapest, music director Laurent Petitgirard. World premiere at theSzczecin's Castle Opera (Poland) September 28, 2018 (6 performances) Damien ...
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Petitgirard's second opera, Guru, was released on the Naxos label in 2011. Many of his other works are also available on the Naxos label, with the composer conducting.
