Poétique hommage à Benjamin Walter à l'Opéra de Lyon

By Camille Grimaud, 17 March 2016

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“La rencontre entre Debray, Tabachnik et Dorny ne pouvait donner naissance qu'à un singulier objet.”

Reviewed at Opéra Nouvel, Lyon on 15 March 2016

Tabachnik, Benjamin, dernière nuit

Bernhard Kontarsky, Conductor

John Fulljames, Director

Michael Levine, Set Designer

Christina Cunningham, Costume Designer

Jean-Noel Briend, Walter Benjamin

Michaela Kušteková, Asja Lācis

Michaela Selinger, Hannah Arendt

Charles Rice, Arthur Koestler

Scott Wilde, Gershom Sholem

Jeff Martin, Bertolt Brecht

Gilles Ragon, André Gide

Károly Szemerédy, Max Horkheimer

Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon

James Farncombe, Lighting Designer

Finn Ross, Video

Carolyn Downing, Sound

Philip White, Choirmaster / chorus director

Régis Debray

Sava Lovov, Comedian

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Camille Grimaud

Jeune chanteuse lyrique passionnée de littérature, Camille décide d'unir ses deux amours en écrivant sa joie de la musique. Ancienne étudiante de lettres modernes, la soprano n'a de cesse de convoquer les lettres au service de son art. Complémentarité et éclectisme seraient ses maîtres mots.