Journées Eurpéenne du Patrimoine 2025 - 150 ans de Carmen à Bougival
Cultural, Entertainment/recreationFrom Friday 19 to Sunday 21 September 2025
Every day
Location : Villa Viardot
Presentation
The Friends of Georges Bizet celebrate 150 years of Carmen. Popular music from the ramparts of Seville travels through the streets of Bougival and the Parc des Frênes to music inspired by Spain, played in the salons of Pauline Viardot.
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the creation of Carmen - an opera set in an imaginary Andalusia and conceived in Bougival by Bizet between 1874 and 1875 - the Friends of Georges Bizet wanted to go to the roots of Andalusian traditions with a concert of Cante Flamenco performed by one of the most authentic and moving voices of Jerezano flamenco: Jesús Méndez.
Popular music from the ramparts of Seville, taken from Bizet's Carmen, will wind its way through the streets of Bougival and the Parc des Frênes towards the salons of Pauline Viardot, where an idealised Spain will be evoked in music.
Three exceptional concerts:
Friday 19 September 7.30pm: The great ‘Cante Flamenco’ singer Jesús Méndez, accompanied on flamenco guitar by Pepe del Morao, offers a concert at dusk in the Parc des Frênes (300 seats).
Saturday 20 September 5.30pm and 7pm: Pianist Edoardo Torbianelli recreates the exoticism of Spain with pieces by Chopin, Alkan, Albéniz, Herz, Granados, Masarnau and Ocón (70 double seats).
Sunday 21 September 11.30am and 5.30pm: Mezzo-soprano Anaïs Bertrand and pianist Flore Merlin perform a singing tour of Carmen (70 double seats).
Six musical events based on Carmen, free of charge and without booking:
Saturday 20 September
11am - 1pm: Marché de Bougival: Carmen tunes by the Fanfare Melotocón: Trumpet: Walter MENA , Clarinet: Hernán Camilo CASALLAS , Saxophone: Daniel CORRALES, Tuba: Jorge GONZALEZ Percussion: Juan Manuel FORERO), from the CRR de Versailles
3pm - 4.30pm: Villa Viardot : Guitarists Lou Gastine and Camille Becquet and mezzo-soprano Erika Brissart from the classes of Caroline Delume and Laura Holm, from the CRR de Versailles Grand Parc
3pm - 5pm: Espace Bouzemont, Hôtel Double Tree, Parc des Frênes, Villa Viardot: Fanfare Melotocón (Carmen arias) from the CRR de Versailles
Sunday 21 September
3pm - 4.30pm: Proscenium villa Viardot: Carmen chorus by the Lycée La Bruyère (Versailles)
3pm - 5pm: Espace Bouzemont, Hôtel Double Tree, Parc des Frênes, villa Viardot: Fanfare Melotocón (Carmen arias)
3pm - 4.30pm: Musée-Datcha Tourguéniev: Guitarists Lou Gastine and Camille Becquet and mezzo-soprano Erika Brissart from the classes of Caroline Delume and Laura Holm, from the CRR de Versailles Grand Parc.
Let the spirit of Carmen come alive in Bougival 150 years after its creation during the Heritage Weekend!
Popular music from the ramparts of Seville, taken from Bizet's Carmen, will wind its way through the streets of Bougival and the Parc des Frênes towards the salons of Pauline Viardot, where an idealised Spain will be evoked in music.
Three exceptional concerts:
Friday 19 September 7.30pm: The great ‘Cante Flamenco’ singer Jesús Méndez, accompanied on flamenco guitar by Pepe del Morao, offers a concert at dusk in the Parc des Frênes (300 seats).
Saturday 20 September 5.30pm and 7pm: Pianist Edoardo Torbianelli recreates the exoticism of Spain with pieces by Chopin, Alkan, Albéniz, Herz, Granados, Masarnau and Ocón (70 double seats).
Sunday 21 September 11.30am and 5.30pm: Mezzo-soprano Anaïs Bertrand and pianist Flore Merlin perform a singing tour of Carmen (70 double seats).
Six musical events based on Carmen, free of charge and without booking:
Saturday 20 September
11am - 1pm: Marché de Bougival: Carmen tunes by the Fanfare Melotocón: Trumpet: Walter MENA , Clarinet: Hernán Camilo CASALLAS , Saxophone: Daniel CORRALES, Tuba: Jorge GONZALEZ Percussion: Juan Manuel FORERO), from the CRR de Versailles
3pm - 4.30pm: Villa Viardot : Guitarists Lou Gastine and Camille Becquet and mezzo-soprano Erika Brissart from the classes of Caroline Delume and Laura Holm, from the CRR de Versailles Grand Parc
3pm - 5pm: Espace Bouzemont, Hôtel Double Tree, Parc des Frênes, Villa Viardot: Fanfare Melotocón (Carmen arias) from the CRR de Versailles
Sunday 21 September
3pm - 4.30pm: Proscenium villa Viardot: Carmen chorus by the Lycée La Bruyère (Versailles)
3pm - 5pm: Espace Bouzemont, Hôtel Double Tree, Parc des Frênes, villa Viardot: Fanfare Melotocón (Carmen arias)
3pm - 4.30pm: Musée-Datcha Tourguéniev: Guitarists Lou Gastine and Camille Becquet and mezzo-soprano Erika Brissart from the classes of Caroline Delume and Laura Holm, from the CRR de Versailles Grand Parc.
Let the spirit of Carmen come alive in Bougival 150 years after its creation during the Heritage Weekend!
General information
- Cultural and artistic :
- Concert
- Festival
- Generic event :
- Heritage days
Location
Villa Viardot
16 rue Yvan Tourgueneff
78380
Bougival
- Spoken language(s) :
Prices
Destination
16 rue Yvan Tourgueneff
78380
Bougival
GPS coordinates
Latitude : 48.864496
Longitude : 2.147401
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