Raphaël Pichon firma una superlativa Pasión según san Mateo

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 24 March 2026

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“un dramatismo solemne pero sin paroxismo, unos tempi ágiles, pero dentro de su armonía interna”

Reviewed at Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid on 23 March 2026

Bach, St Matthew Passion, BWV244

Ensemble Pygmalion

Raphaël Pichon, Conductor

Julian Prégardien, Tenor

Stéphane Degout, Baritone

Luigi Rossi's Orfeo makes it a hat trick for Pygmalion in Adelaide

Sandra Bowdler, 4th March

A wonderful performance of a hitherto little known 17th-century version of the Orpheus legend is performed by Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion at the Adelaide Festival.

****1

Totally stunning Monteverdi Vespers by Pygmalion at Adelaide Festival

Sandra Bowdler, 2nd March

It is hard to imagine a better performance of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 than this one by the French ensemble Pygmalion under the direction of Raphaël Pichon.

*****

Good Night World: Pygmalion opens the Adelaide Festival in style

Sandra Bowdler, 27th February

The French ensemble Pygmalion enraptures the audience at the first night of the Adelaide Festival with a concert of music by JS Bach and his predecessors.

****1

Implacable Werther at Opéra-Comique from Pichon and Huffman

Romain Daroles, 19th January

Tight orchestral playing, minimalist stage design: the conductor and director are perfectly in tune with each other, transforming Massenet's work into an intimate and timeless drama.

****1

Luxury casting in Aix for a radiantly transcendent St Matthew Passion

Stephen Pritchard, 2nd April

Even outstanding soloists had to wait their turn in this Rolls-Royce performance in Aix-en-Provence.

*****

Operatic magic: Ercole Amante at the Opéra Comique

Jean-Marc Piriou, 6th November

Voices, orchestra staging: everything in this Ercole Amante is light and magic, to the great delight of the Salle Favart audience.

*****

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Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.

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