Originaire de Lorraine, Elodie Olson-Coons a fait ses études littéraires à Cambridge. Mezzo-soprano et pianiste, elle est particulièrement intéressée par la musique contemporaine et vocale.
Given a new production by Evgeny Titov, Benjamin's second full-length opera is musically brilliant, but its examination of our inner darkness lacks heart.
Estonia has produced some remarkable musicians, among them Anu Tali, Kristiina Poska and Maria Seletskaja, who have each found their own path to an international conducting career.
Ahead of a performance of Les Nations in Lugano this April, maestro Jordi Savall discusses Couperin, cross-border cooperation, and music as a universal language.
Speaking to Alex Paxton and Kate Whitley, Elodie Olson-Coons discusses how composers have been influenced by working with schoolchildren, this “amazing, little gobbet of sonic humanity”.
More of a distraction than an enhancement, Ulrich Rasche’s giant steel machine grinds down the performers of this dark Elektra, which ultimately stumbles over its own feet.
Carried by a handful of standout performances, Britten’s story of madness and infection comes into its own in 2021, in the Opéra National du Rhin's clever and inventive staging.
