'Culture is identity': How Gustavo Dudamel is shaping the future of the Paris Opera

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As Music Director of the Paris Opera, the legendary composer Gustavo Dudamel wants to shine a light on upcoming artists and open the doors to a new generation of opera-goers.

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00:00 >> Is proudly presented by Rolex.

00:09 >> Gustavo to the mail in Paris.

00:15 The Venezuelan superstar conductor as a vision.

00:19 >> I really believe that music culture have the power

00:24 to transform.

00:27 >> The people.

00:27 >> To the mail wants to open the Paris opera to the next

00:33 generation of opera goers and support young artists.

00:36 >> Giving access to the young generation to create a society.

00:44 More freedom.

00:47 >> Building bridges in the world of us.

01:03 >> Performing with Gustavo to the mail is a dream for every

01:09 young artist.

01:10 And it's coming true for marine shun young an artist in

01:14 residence of the Paris opera Academy.

01:17 It's a crucial time for young emerging artists who had just

01:21 embarking on their careers.

01:22 French mezzo soprano has been preparing for weeks for a

01:28 unique concert conducted by the charismatic conductor.

01:32 >> [Singing]

01:39 >> [Breathing]

01:42 >> [Speaking French]

02:09 >> It's the first rehearsal with Gustavo to the mail.

02:12 The music director of the Paris opera wants to bring the next

02:16 generation of artists such as marine into the spotlight and

02:19 invites them to perform with him on the big stage.

02:22 >> [Singing]

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02:44 >> I'm a young man, but not as young as them.

02:47 But the reality is that they are students, but they are

02:53 artists.

02:54 And when they feel included in the highest level of music

03:02 I think it's the best for them, you know, to be inspired and to

03:06 keep working in what they love to do.

03:10 >> [Singing]

03:21 >> In an institution as this, you know, with a big tradition,

03:26 a legendary place, it's beautiful that it's a big space

03:31 for these young people that in the future they will be the big

03:36 stars.

03:37 >> [Singing]

03:46 >> Great.

03:47 Good, thank you.

03:48 Beautiful.

03:50 >> [Speaking French]

03:52 >> To give finishing touches to her performance, Marine

03:55 practices with fellow academy member Francois Lopez Ferrer.

03:59 The conductor has closely followed his mentor, Gustavo

04:03 Dudamel, for years.

04:04 >> [Speaking French]

04:10 >> [Singing]

04:14 >> [Speaking French]

04:22 >> Okay.

04:23 >> [Speaking French]

04:28 >> My job here is to prepare them for the way that it's

04:31 beaded with the hands so that when they get in front of the

04:35 orchestra with maestro Dudamel, that there's a more fluid

04:42 communication and connection so that it works from the

04:44 beginning.

04:45 You can learn a tremendous amount from him.

04:47 I mean, I have a list of things that he says and how he says it

04:50 and how he gets the result from the orchestra that he's looking

04:53 for.

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05:08 >> It's the night of the concert at the magnificent Palais

05:16 Garnier.

05:17 On the program, rhythms and colors from the Americas

05:21 reflecting Dudamel's spirit.

05:23 >> [Music]

05:37 >> There is a lot of Latin music, of course.

05:40 It reflects a lot of things of my background.

05:45 My Latin soul, of course, and the joy because I feel that it's

05:51 music that it moves you in a way that is very special.

05:57 >> From the pit to the stage, Gustavo Dudamel also wants to

06:02 shine a light on the Paris Opera Orchestra.

06:05 >> [Speaking French]

06:15 >> [Singing]

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06:41 >> [Applause]

06:46 >> From the Palais Garnier back to the Opera Bastille, Gustavo

06:50 Dudamel's schedule is tight.

06:52 >> [Music]

07:05 >> [Music]

07:11 >> It's one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

07:15 It's a city full of life.

07:18 A lot of desire.

07:19 There's a lot of people that have a desire to come here to

07:22 Paris, and you feel that energy, you know.

07:27 I love traffic.

07:29 It's my favorite thing, traffic.

07:31 [Laughs]

07:34 >> [Speaking French]

07:39 >> Gustavo Dudamel breathes new life into the programming of

07:43 the Paris Opera Repertoire.

07:46 >> Let's try to run the first act.

07:51 >> [Singing]

07:59 >> One such piece is the groundbreaking Nixon in China by

08:03 the visionary American composer John Adams.

08:07 >> To do John Adams as the first time of this music to be played

08:13 in the Paris Opera, I think is very important.

08:16 He's already in the place of the greatest composers in the

08:20 history.

08:21 He's a genius in the way how he creates the imagination that he

08:28 has.

08:29 He's so powerful.

08:30 >> [Singing]

08:37 >> The opera tells the story of the real visit of Nixon to

08:43 China in 1972, which was a visit planned to solve issues from

08:49 both countries.

08:50 >> [Singing]

08:58 >> I started thinking of ping pong because I like the metaphor

09:02 of a terrorist attack.

09:05 That is divided in two by some kind of curtain or some kind of

09:08 -- we have a net in between, dividing the world in two.

09:12 People throwing responsibilities to each other like balls, like

09:15 ping pong balls.

09:16 And that made me think that was a good image for the world under

09:20 the Cold War time.

09:22 >> One other important mission is the quest for new audiences.

09:26 Gustavo Dudamel and the Paris Opera want to build bridges and

09:30 open the doors to the next generation of artists.

09:34 >> [Speaking in French]

09:43 >> Thousands of affordable tickets each season are

09:47 dedicated to a young audience for special evenings.

09:51 Marine is attending one such event, a pre-opening night of

09:55 Nixon in China.

09:56 >> [Singing]

09:57 >> The opera is a great opportunity to bring together

10:02 young people from all over the world.

10:04 >> [Speaking in French]

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10:40 >> I love singing for young audiences.

10:43 There's no reason why young people shouldn't be fascinated

10:46 by opera.

10:47 They don't have to become literary scholars.

10:49 They don't have to become practicing musicians.

10:52 But it is part of our DNA.

10:54 You cannot take music out of human beings.

10:58 >> [Music]

11:07 >> These artistic places have to be the place for the people.

11:12 Again, culture is identity.

11:16 >> [Singing]

11:20 >> It's not only the people that come to you.

11:23 You go to them.

11:24 You give to them.

11:26 You connect.

11:27 You make them feel that what they listen to, it enriches their life.

11:33 And this is something that is a mission.

11:37 >> [Music]

11:48 >> [Applause]

11:52 >> [Music]

11:55 >> Musica was proudly presented by Rolex.

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