Figaro ex machina : le sombre Barbier des Champs-Élysées

By Tristan Labouret, 06 December 2017

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“... révélant une part inattendue de tragédie sous la légèreté superficielle de l'intrigue”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 5 December 2017

Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia

Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor

Laurent Pelly, Director, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Florian Sempey, Figaro

Catherine Trottmann, Rosina

Michele Angelini, Count Almaviva

Peter Kálmán, Dr Bartolo

Robert Gleadow, Don Basilio

Annunziata Vestri, Berta

Guillaume Andrieux, Fiorello

Le Cercle de l'Harmonie

Chœur Unikanti

Gaël Darchen, Choirmaster / chorus director

Laurent Pelly’s Falstaff passes the Naples test with flying colours

Lorenzo Fiorito, 15th February

The French director’s much-travelled production arrives at the Teatro di San Carlo, displaying a precise balance between word, gesture and voice.

*****

Pelly’s iconic Fille du régiment retains its charm at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 17th October

Julie Fuchs and Juan Diego Flórez give life to the refreshing and funny take of Laurent Pelly’s classic production, under the baton of Evelino Pidò.

****1

A forgotten meta-opera at La Scala: Gassmann’s L’opera seria

Laura Servidei, 29th March

Christophe Rousset leads a great cast and an even greater orchestra in Gassmann’s 1769 rarity in Laurent Pelly’s visually striking, but oddly subdued, take on a comedy that thrives on chaos.

***11

Massenet’s Cendrillon goes to the ball at Opera Australia

Sandra Bowdler, 15th January

This abridged version of Massenet's Cendrillon was clearly chosen for a wide Sydney audience, succeeding as a popular offering in the Australian summer holiday season.

****1

Bargain booze and questionable quackery: L'elisir d'amore at the ROH

Dominic Lowe, 22nd September

A triumphant house debut for Nadine Sierra in the latest revival of Laurent Pelly’s production of Donizetti's joyous village rom-com.

****1

Operetta with teeth: Offenbach’s La Périchole at the TCE

David Karlin, 13th November

Laurent Pelly’s new production combines froth and hilarity with a dark, satirical heart; Marc Minkowski and the orchestra seduce us.

****1

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.