His first
Carmen
in Paris, as a chef?
He talks about it with stars in his eyes.
“It's a title that means a lot to me, and to which are attached some of my earliest childhood memories.
When I was 5-6 years old, its overture was one of the essential Christmas concerts at the Paris Opera
,” recalls Fabien Gabel.
Christmas concerts that he did not attend as a mere spectator.
At 47, the man who has just made his debut as a guest conductor in the pit of the Opéra Bastille frequented the "Grande Boutique" from the inside, even before he could walk.
“My father was a trumpet player in the Opera orchestra for thirty-seven years… And his father before him was a cellist there! He had started at the Opéra-Comique, just before the latter merged, for a time with the Opéra de Paris. So inevitably, it leaves some memories.
Memories he evokes in one of the bright offices of Bastille, over a coffee -
“My only…
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