Le Château de Sir Bryn Terfel avec le Liceu à Bastille

Sir Bryn Terfel

L'Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu à Bastille

Sir Bryn Terfel, Iréne Theorin, Josep Pons et l'Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Josep Pons dirige l'Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

By Erwan Gentric, 13 June 2023

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“Bryn Terfel se montre en auguste maître des lieux, souverain serein et imposant”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Paris on 10 June 2023

Bartók, Duke Bluebeard's Castle

Sir Bryn Terfel, Bass-baritone

Iréne Theorin, Soprano

Orquesta Sinfónica del Gran Teatre del Liceu

Josep Pons, Conductor

The starry trio of Davidsen-Hilley-Mälkki saves Tristan und Isolde

Maria Sánchez, 12th January

A highly unbalanced premiere, its opportunity to become one of the Liceu's historic productions prevented by the contrast between dramaturgy and music.

****1

Ballo del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma: a fresh look at Swan Lake

Graham Watts, 19th July

An innovative angle on a familiar ballet, Benjamin Pech's production brings some novel ideas to fore.

***11

Àlex Ollé's La bohème gets an unfair reception at the Liceu

Maria Sánchez, 14th June

Contrasting sensations at the Liceu, where the audience punished a production of La bohème with boos and gave rapturous applause to a cast that performed at half throttle.

*****

Aleu's video brilliance powers a dystopian Liceu Turandot

David Karlin, 8th October

Fine musical performances blend with staggering video artistry in Aleu's spectacular science-fiction setting.

*****

Thomas’ Hamlet in concert at the Liceu

John Marten Barnard, 10th March

Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet in concert in the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona is enthusiastically conducted by Daniel Oren.

****1

Vocal sparkle but a dull staging in the Liceu's Puritani

John Marten Barnard, 11th October

I puritani returns to Barcelona’s Liceu with Annilese Miskimmon’s production. Javier Camerena and Pretty Yende lead the inauguration of the season with a fine example of romantic bel canto.

****1

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Erwan Gentric

Initié dès son plus jeune âge à la musique classique, par l’étude du piano d’abord, puis par les affinités électives entretenues avec quelques disques des rayonnages familiaux, Erwan mène désormais de front l’exercice de la critique musicale pour Bachtrack et Diapason, ainsi qu’un doctorat de musicologie à l’École Pratique des Hautes Études. Soutenues par une bourse de la Fondation Royaumont, ses recherches portent sur l’Association artistique des Concerts Colonne de 1873 à 1910.