Reviens Bébel!

Performers

Czech National Symphony Orchestra
Marcello Rota, conductor

Programme

Hold-Up (1985), Serge Franklin
That Man from Rio / L’Homme de Rio (1964), Georges Delerue
Cop or Hood / Flic ou Voyou (1979), Philippe Sarde
Borsalino (1970), Claude Bolling
The Outsider / Le Marginal (1983), Ennio Morricone
Breathless / À bout de souffle (1960), Martial Solal
Hunter Will Get You / L'Alpagueur (1976), Michel Colombier
The Brain / Le Cerveau (1969), Georges Delerue 
Up to His Ears / Les tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine (1965), Georges Delerue
Animal / L’Animal (1977), Vladimir Cosma
The Burglars / Le Casse (1971), Ennio Morricone
The Night Caller / Peur sur la ville (1975), Ennio Morricone
The Professional / Le Professionnel (1981), Ennio Morricone
Stavisky (1974), Stephen Sondheim
Body of My Enemy / Le Corps de mon ennemi (1976), Francis Lai
Ace of Aces / L’As des as (1982), Vladimir Cosma
A Man and His Dog / Un homme et son chien (2008), Philippe Rombi
The Man from Acapulco / Le Magnifique (1973), Claude Bolling

Our fans had the opportunity to attend a performance dedicated to the rugged film and theatre actor Jean-Paul Belmondo at an extraordinary concert of the Czech National Symphony Orchestra in 2022. The remarkable success of the event and our admiration of this legendary actor has led us to revisit our project, Reviens Bébel!This time as part of the Prague Proms.

Jean-Paul Belmondo, nicknamed Bébel, excelled in star roles as irresistible adventurers or cynical heroes. In collaboration with the greatest French film makers, he showed courage and superb physical acumen, able to take on even the riskiest scenes without doubles or stuntmen. He could also play psychologically demanding characters with bravura. The famous actors Jean Gabin and Alain Delon were his partners in film, while the mesmerising Tunisian Italian actress Claudia Cardinale exemplifies his colleagues of the female persuasion.

The concert, which is held in the Smetana Hall of the Municipal House in Prague, invites listeners to enjoy the most famous film melodies that are forever inseparably entwined with the one-and-only Bébel. Conducted by Italy’s Marcello Rota, the programme includes music from hits like Hold-Up, Cop or Hood, That Man from Rio,Breathless, or Le Magnifique.