Antigone de Pascal Dusapin, entre loi des hommes et voix des dieux

Antigone à la Philharmonie

By Chloë Rouge, 10 October 2025

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“l’incarnation des personnages rend l’œuvre poignante du premier au dernier souffle”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 7 October 2025

Dusapin, Antigone

Klaus Mäkelä, Conductor

Netia Jones, Director, Costume Designer

Éric Soyer, Lighting Designer

Orchestre de Paris

Christel Loetzsch, Antigone

Anna Prohaska, Ismène

Tómas Tómasson, Créon

Jarrett Ott, Un Messager

Thomas Atkins, Hémon

Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Tirésias

Serge Kakudji, Coryphée

Irish National Opera’s new Rusalka intrigues more than it convinces

Andrew Larkin, 22nd March

Netia Jones’ modern reimagining intrigues more than it convinces, but still makes a strong case for Dvořák’s dark fairy tale.

***11

Netia Jones directs Pinchgut Opera in a well-oiled Fairy Queen

Jeremy Eccles, 7th June

A rare 17th-century English Baroque spectacular, designed to delight the Restoration crowd, is given a contemporary twist in Sydney.

****1

Garsington Opera's new A Midsummer Night's Dream

Roy Westbrook, 16th June

In the first and last acts, ladies entered with a train still attached to a bolt of cloth, which was then cut to length by an attendant. Was this production brought to the stage in a great hurry, allowing no time for costume fittings?

***11

Irish National Opera’s Least like the other at the Linbury

David Karlin, 15th January

Brian Irvine and Netia Jones pull no punches in telling the story of Rosemary Kennedy, sister of JFK and Bobby, left permanently disabled by a lobotomy at the age of 23

****1

Truth and Wisdom: a searching Zauberflöte at Garsington

Mark Pullinger, 31st May

A twist on the usual Enlightenment path, this is an admirable production, excellently executed.

****1

A silvery Dream lost among the shadows

Mark Pullinger, 11th June

Netia Jones' new production taps into Britten's silvery underworld in a staging dominated by video wizardry which is hypnotically beautiful, but comes at a price.

***11

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Chloë Rouge

Après des études d’histoire de la musique au CRR de Paris et de musicologie à l’EHESS avec pour ce sujet de recherche les compositeurs-chefs d’orchestres, Chloë Rouge devient enseignante de formation musicale au conservatoire Maurice Ravel du 13^e arrondissement de Paris. Particulièrement intéressée par la musique contemporaine et la médiation de la musique, elle commence la critique musicale pour le journal Altamusica et rédige des notes de programme pour différentes institutions (Festival de La Chaise-Dieu, Radio France). Depuis 2024, elle fait partie de la commission musique contemporaine de l’Académie Charles Cros.

Antigone de Pascal Dusapin à la Philharmonie, entre loi des hommes et voix des dieux