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Georges Prêtre
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Georges Prêtre (14 August 1924 – 4 January 2017) was a French orchestral and opera conductor. He was born in Waziers (Nord), and attended the Douai Conservatory and then studied harmony under Maurice Duruflé and conducting under André Cluytens among others at the Paris Conservatoire. Amongst his early musical interests were jazz and trumpet. After graduating, he conducted in a number of small French opera houses sometimes under the pseudonym Georges Dherain.
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4:28Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41, Act 4: "J'ai perdu mon Eurydice" (Orfeo)
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1:13Bizet: Carmen, Act 1: "C'est bien là, n'est-ce pas?" (José, Zuñiga)
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1:51Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux: VII. Aquarium
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0:55Bizet: Carmen, Act 1: "Quels regardes! Quelle effronterie!" (Carmen, José)
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Cherubini: Médée
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Saint-Saëns: Symphonies & La jeunesse d'Hercule
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Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46
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Delibes: Lakmé
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