Œdipe tragique et lumineux à l'Opéra Bastille

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 24 September 2021

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“une forme d’atemporalité qui préserve heureusement le caractère universel du mythe”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Paris on 23 September 2021

Enescu, Œdipe

Opéra national de Paris

Ingo Metzmacher, Conductor

Wajdi Mouawad, Director

Emmanuel Clolus, Set Designer

Emmanuelle Thomas, Costume Designer

Eric Champoux, Lighting Designer

Anna-Sophie Neher, Antigone

Daniela Entcheva, Theban woman

Ekaterina Gubanova, Jocaste

Clémentine Margaine, La Sphinge (The Sphinx)

Anne Sofie von Otter, Mérope

Yann Beuron, Laios

Vincent Ordonneau, Shepherd

Brian Mulligan, Créon

Christopher Maltman, Œdipe

Adrian Timpau, Thésée

Sir John Tomlinson, Tirésias

Laurent Naouri, High Priest

Nicolas Cavallier, Old Man, Phorbas

Chœur d'enfants de l'Opéra National de Paris

Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine

Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

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Stéphane Lelièvre

Stéphane Lelièvre est maître de conférences en littérature comparée. Il est responsable de l’équipe « Littérature et musique » du Centre de Recherche en Littérature Comparée à la Faculté des Lettres de Sorbonne Universités. Spécialiste des romantismes allemand et français, il s’intéresse d’une manière générale aux liens entre les lettres et la musique, et donc particulièrement à l’opéra.