Theodora de Haendel : une œuvre d’une brûlante actualité…

By Anne-Laure Faubert, 13 October 2015

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“Cette nouvelle production retranscrit avec justesse son esprit tout en en modernisant la lettre”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 10 October 2015

Handel, Theodora

William Christie, Conductor

Stephen Langridge, Director

Alison Chitty, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Katherine Watson, Theodora

Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Irene

Philippe Jaroussky, Didymus

Krešimir Špicer, Septimius

Callum Thorpe, Valens

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Anne-Laure Faubert

Diplômée de Sciences-Po Paris, Anne-Laure y a également étudié l’art et la littérature. Elle travaille ensuite dans les secteurs privé et public où elle suit notamment les audits de grandes institutions culturelles. Elle tient un blog depuis 2010 sur le ballet, la musique baroque et les voyages et écrit pour une fondation. Elle a créé en 2014 une société de médiation culturelle axée sur le costume et en 2015 une marque de gastronomie culturelle.