Turandot : la princesse de glace met le feu à l'Opéra Bastille

Turandot à l'Opéra Bastille

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 08 November 2023

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“Musicalement, c’est un grand soir pour l’Opéra de Paris !”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Paris on 6 November 2023

Puccini, Turandot

Opéra national de Paris

Marco Armiliato, Conductor

Robert Wilson, Director

Stephanie Engeln, Set Designer

Jacques Reynaud, Costume Designer

John Torres, Lighting Designer

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

Tomek Jeziorski, Video

Tamara Wilson, Turandot

Brian Jagde, Calaf

Ermonela Jaho, Liù

Mika Kares, Timur

Carlo Bosi, Emperor Altoum

Florent Mbia, Ping

Maciej Kwaśnikowski, Pang

Nicholas Jones, Pong

Guilhem Worms, Mandarin

Ricardo Velásquez, The Prince of Persia

Ching-Lien Wu, Choirmaster / chorus director

Pranvera Lehnert, Soprano

Izabella Wnorowska-Pluchart, Mezzo-soprano

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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.