To celebrate Bastille Day, Paris offers Parisians and its visitors an unforgettable spectacle with a grand concert on the Champ-de-Mars starting at 9 pm, followed by the traditional fireworks let off from the Eiffel Tower.
Afireworks display highlighting the colors of the French Overseas Territories
Once again,
this year, as part of the French National Day celebrations on July 14th, the
City of Paris is organizing a fireworks display let off from the Eiffel Tower
for the enjoyment of Parisians, all French people, and its visitors. This
pyrotechnic show orchestrated by Christophe Berthonneau has been crafted by the
company Groupe F.
As announced by
the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo in her 2023 New Year address, this year’s
theme is about the Overseas Territories and
Creoleness. Thus, the Parisian sky will be lit
up with the colors of the Caribbean, Portuguese-speaking countries, as well as Cuba, on the evening of the FrenchNational Holiday.
To top it all off, a soundtrack paying tribute to the overseas territories as a
true bridge between continents, will accompany the fireworks.
This tribute is
part of manyevents celebrating the Overseas Territories in Paris, named
"Season" by Anne Hidalgo, including “ Paris Plages”, which follows theme of Polynesia this year in preparation
for hosting the Olympic Games in Paris, along the Tropical Carnival of Paris, celebrated the
2nd of July on the Champs-Élysées.
Access is free
and does not require any reservations. However, we strongly recommend coming very
early.
To celebrate
the tenth anniversary of the Concert de Paris, the National Orchestra of
France, the Radio France Choir and Children's Choir, as well as the greatest
international artists and soloists, will offer you a set on the theme of
Fraternity curated by conductor Cristian Măcelaru before intoning atraditional
and vibrant
rendition of
La Marseillaise., This year’s edition concludes a
three-year cycle dedicated to the French
motto: Liberty (2021 edition), Equality (2022 edition), Fraternity (2023
edition).
The “Concert de
Paris”, which has, over the years, become
a traditional gathering on Bastille Day taking place in Paris,
celebrates the greatest classical pieces
performed by the National Orchestra of France, the Radio France Choir and
Children's Choir, with the participation of several international artists and
soloists.
Starting at
9:10 pm, France Inter offers you the opportunity to listen to the concert live
during a special program hosted by Anna Sigalevitch, also available on France 2
and france.tv and hosted by Stéphane
Bern
The show will
be broadcasted live on the Euroradio and
Eurovision networks of the EBU (European Broadcasting Union) and simultaneously
aired in more than 10 countries, making
it one of the world's biggest classical music events, with millions of
listeners and viewers.
See the program
below (provided for information purposes only and subject to change) includes:
•
Francesco Cilea - Adrienne
Lecouvreur "Io son l'umile ancella" with Ermonela Jaho
•
Georges Bizet - Carmen "Séguedille" with Stéphanie
d'Oustrac
•
Jules
Massenet - Thaïs "Voici donc la terrible cité" with
Ludovic Tézier
•
Jules
Massenet - Thaïs "Duo final" with
Ermonela Jaho and Ludovic Tézier
•
Jacques
Offenbach - Contes d'Hoffmann "Barcarolle" with Ermonela Jaho, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, and the Radio France Choir
•
George
Gershwin - Porgy & Bess "Summertime" with Marie-Laure Garnier and
the Radio France Choir
•
Giacomo
Puccini - Turandot "Nessun Dorma" with Jonas Kaufmann and the Radio
France Choir
•
Giuseppe Verdi - Don Carlos
"Duo" with Jonas Kaufmann, Ludovic Tézier, and the Radio France Choir
•
Ludwig
Van Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 "Finale" - Radio France Choir
•
Georg
Friedrich Haendel - Messiah "Hallelujah" - Radio France Choir
•
Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart - "Ave Verum Corpus" - Radio France Children's Choir
•
Michel
Legrand - "Les Moulins de mon cœur" - Radio France Children's Choir
•
Edouard Lalo - Symphonie espagnole
"Intermezzo" with Vilde Frang
•
Sergei
Rachmaninoff - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Daniil Trifonov
•
Igor Stravinsky - Petrushka
"Russian Dance"
•
Camille
Saint-Saëns - Samson & Dalila "Bacchanale"
•
Hector
Berlioz - Damnation of Faust "Hungarian March"
•
Claude Joseph
Rouget de Lisle/Hector Berlioz - "La Marseillaise"
•
With
the opera singers:
•
Marie-Laure Garnier, soprano
•
Stéphanie d'Oustrac, mezzo-soprano
•
Ludovic Tézier, bass-baritone
•
Radio France
Choir - Aurore Tillac, choir conductor
•
Radio
France Children's Choir - Sofi Jeannin, choir conductor
•
National Orchestra of France -
Cristian Măcelaru,
conductor
Please note
that some metro stations will be closed on July 14th.
Security instructions
Visitors will
be subject to security checks, including bag inspections and searches. Objects that
might be
used as projectiles or weapons, whether
intended or not, are stricly prohibited
on-site such as glass bottles and alcoholic drinks, sharp objects, tools,
means of
transportation, motorcycle helmets…
Dogs (except
guide dogs) are not allowed on site as well.
