Les sérénades britanniques de la Monnaie et Altinoglu à Colmar

Alain Altinoglu dirige l'Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie à Colmar

Jean-Pierre Dassonville, Alain Altinoglu et Ed Lyon

Le Quatuor Modigliani à Colmar

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 07 July 2024

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“Le ténor anglais Ed Lyon bouleverse l’auditoire”

Reviewed at Eglise Saint-Matthieu, Colmar on 6 July 2024

Adès, The Tempest Symphony

Britten, Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, song cycle, Op.31

Elgar, Enigma Variations on an Original Theme for Orchestra, Op.36

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra

Alain Altinoglu, Conductor

Ed Lyon, Tenor

Jean-Pierre Dassonville, French horn

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Reviewed at Théâtre Municipal de Colmar, Colmar on 6 July 2024

Stravinsky, 3 Pieces for string quartet

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 7 in F major, "Razumovsky", Op.59 no.1

Modigliani Quartet

Amaury Coeytaux, Violin

Loïc Rio, Violin

Laurent Marfaing, Viola

François Kieffer, Cello

Benvenuto Cellini: Strassberger loses the plot at La Monnaie

No’a L. bat Miri, 28th January

Thaddeus Strassberger’s Brussels debut presents Berlioz's opera semiseria with plenty of good music but far more visual noise.

***11

Verdi caught in La Monnaie's revolving door

Eleanor Knight, 22nd March

A marathon double bill using music from Verdi's early operas largely falls flat in Brussels.

**111

Black Swan: Barbara Hannigan returns in Warlikowski's Lulu

Kevin W Ng, 18th November

Barbara Hannigan is better than ever in Krzysztof Warlikowski's iconic Lulu at La Monnaie – an historic event.

*****

Portals into the surreal in La Monnaie's The Turn of the Screw

Katherine Syer, 30th April

A highly satisfying level of polish in La Monnaie's stream in which one recognizes a precisely executed live performance at its core – one that would be thrilling to experience in person.

****1

Listen with Mother: Tsar Saltan as autism parable at La Monnaie

Mark Pullinger, 16th June

Dmitri Tcherniakov's staging turns Rimsky-Korsakov's opera into storytelling for an autistic boy, but does he deliver a fairy tale ending?

*****

Beethoven and Henderickx for a striking programme in Brussels

Pwyll ap Sion, 17th February

Beethoven’s Fifth and Sixth Symphonies and a dazzling new work by Wim Henderickx at Bozar

****1

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Jean-Pierre Rousseau

Jean-Pierre Rousseau a été successivement producteur responsable des émissions musicales à la Radio Suisse Romande (à ce titre co-fondateur de l'émission de critique de disques "Disques en Lice" en 1987), directeur de France Musique, directeur général de l'Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, directeur de la musique de Radio France puis directeur du Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier jusqu'en juillet 2022. Il a régulièrement participé aux émissions de critique de la RTBF, de France Musique, et collaboré à Forumopera. Il tient un blog qui lui permet d'exprimer sa passion pour les musiciens d'aujourd'hui et d'hier.

Les sérénades britanniques de l'Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie et Alain Altinoglu à Colmar