Olivier Py tire le meilleur du Peer Gynt au Théâtre du Châtelet

Peer Gynt au Théâtre du Châtelet

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 10 March 2025

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“une performance en tout point mémorable”

Reviewed at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris on 8 March 2025

Grieg, Peer Gynt

Anu Tali, Conductor

Olivier Py, Director

Pierre-André Weitz, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Bertrand Killy, Lighting Designer

Orchestre de chambre de Paris

Raquel Camarinha, Solveig

Clémentine Bourgoin, Anitra

Céline Chéenne, Åse

Lucie Peyramaure, Ingrid

Bertrand de Roffignac, Peer Gynt

Damien Bigourdan, The Mountain King

Sévag Tachdjian, Bass-baritone

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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.