Michel Plasson (born 2 October 1933, Paris, France) is a French conductor.
Plasson was a student of Lazare Lévy at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1962, he was a prize-winner at the International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors. He studied briefly in the United States, including time with Charles Münch. He became the music director of the city of Metz for 3 years.
In 1968, Plasson became principal conductor of the Orchestre et Chœurs du Capitole de Toulouse. His recordings with the orchestra include both orchestral works, operettas of Jacques Offenbach, including Orphée aux enfers, La vie parisienne, La Périchole and La belle Hélene, and Bizet's Carmen.[1] Plasson resigned as principal conductor in 2003 and now has the title of "Honorary Conductor", or conductor emeritus. From 1994 to 2001, he was principal conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic.
Plasson's son Emmanuel Plasson is also a conductor.
Selected Discography
Plasson's recordings were mainly made for EMI/Virgin, and mostly focused upon works by French composers. Here is a selection of his notable recordings currently (06/09') still featured in EMI/Virgin's catalogue. Among these recordings, his interpretations for the operatic works by Offenbach, Gounod and Massenet were generally considered as excellent by critics.
- Chansons, with Rolando Villazon, Lauren Naouri, and Nicolas Rivenq.
- L'Arlesienne - Incidental music, with Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse.
- Carmen, with Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson and Inva Mula.
- Les Decheurs de Perles, with Barbara Hendricks, John Aler and Gino Quilico.
Chabrier
- Orchestral Works, with Barbara Hendricks, Susan Mentzer and Pierre Del Vescovo.
- Orchestral Works, with Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse.
- Lakme, with Natalie Dessay, Gregory Kunde, and Jose van Dam.
- Requiem, and other Religious Works, with Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Hampson and Marie-Claire Allain.
- Orchestral Works, with Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse.
- 15 Tangos, with Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse.
- Faust, with [[Richard Leech, Cheryl Studer, Jose van Dam and Thomas Hampson .
- Mireille, with Mirella Freni, Alain Vanzo and Jose van Dam.
- Romeo et Juliette, with Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Jose van Dam and Simon Keenlyside.
- Symphonie espagnole and Violin Concerto, with Augustin Dumay.
- Montségur, with Karan Armstrong and Gino Quilico, 1987.
- Don Quichotte, with Teresa Berganza, Jose van Dam and Alain Fondary.
- Herodiade, with Cheryl Studer, Jose van Dam, Thomas Hampson and Ben Heppner.
- Manon, with Ileana Cotrubas, Alfredo Kraus, Gino Quilico
- Werther, with Alfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, and Matteo Manuguerra.
- La belle Helene, with Jessye Norman, John Aler and Gabriel Bacquier.
- Orphee aux enfers, with Mady Mesple, Jane Rhodes, Jane Berbie, Charles Burles and Michel Senechal.
- La Perichole, with Teresa Berganza, Jose Carreras and Gabriel Bacquier.
- La vie parisienne, with Mady Mesple and Regine Crespin.
- Carmina Burana, with Natalie Dessay, Thomas Hampson and Gerard Lesne.
- Melodies, with Jessye Norman, Teresa Berganza, Felicity Lott, Mady Mesple, Jose van Dam, and Gabriel Bacquier.
References
- ^ Edward Greenfield (2003-02-14). "Bizet: Carmen". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/feb/14/classicalmusicandopera.artsfeatures3. Retrieved on 2009-05-14.
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