La Vestale de Lydia Steier enflamme l’Opéra Bastille

La Vestale à l'Opéra de Paris

By Erwan Gentric, 18 June 2024

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“Fluide, pertinente, éloquente, la mise en scène de Lydia Steier dénote un véritable style”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Paris on 15 June 2024

Spontini, La Vestale

Opéra national de Paris

Bertrand de Billy, Conductor

Lydia Steier, Director

Étienne Pluss, Set Designer

Katharina Schlipf, Costume Designer

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

Michael Spyres, Licinius

Élodie Hache, Julia

Julien Behr, Cinna

Jean Teitgen, Chief Priest

Ève-Maud Hubeaux, The Great Vestal

Florent Mbia, Chief of the Aruspices, A consul

Ching-Lien Wu, Choirmaster / chorus director

Pomp meets ping-pong: Nixon in China lands again in Paris

David Karlin, 14th March

Excellent vocal acting from Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Xiaomeng Zhang and a magnificent orchestral performance conducted by Kent Nagano can't make Valentina Carrasco's production fully grip.

***11

Thomas Adès’ high-flying Exterminating Angel in Paris

Erwan Gentric, 29th February

The French premiere of the British composer's opera will be the undisputed high point of the Grande Boutique's season: a perfect confluence of music, staging and cast.

*****

Shock and awe in Paris with Bernstein's A Quiet Place

David Karlin, 9th March

In the expert hands of both director Warlikowski and conductor Kent Nagano, the sequel to Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti proves to be even darker and more dramatic.

*****

A long road to nowhere for Igor at the Bastille

Mark Pullinger, 1st December

Barrie Kosky's makes a limited impact in his debut at Opéra de Paris, apart from an hallucinogenic Polovtsian Dances.

***11

Les Indes galantes: with Alarcón, Rameau conquers the Bastille

Philippe Ramin, 28th September

The new production of Les Indes galantes at Opéra Bastille is exceptional, from the vocal cast to the choreography by Bintou Dembélé. But the stand-out performance of the evening comes from conductor Leonardo Garcia Alarcón.

*****

Don Giovanni according to Ivo van Hove: a puritan despite himself?

Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 16th June

Don Giovanni returns to the Palais Garnier. The production by Ivo van Hove lacks energy but is wonderfully served by a cast of great young talents.

***11

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Erwan Gentric

Initié dès son plus jeune âge à la musique classique, par l’étude du piano d’abord, puis par les affinités électives entretenues avec quelques disques des rayonnages familiaux, Erwan mène désormais de front l’exercice de la critique musicale pour Bachtrack et Diapason, ainsi qu’un doctorat de musicologie à l’École Pratique des Hautes Études. Soutenues par une bourse de la Fondation Royaumont, ses recherches portent sur l’Association artistique des Concerts Colonne de 1873 à 1910.