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Une fantastique aventure musicale : Christophe Colomb de Félicien David à Versailles

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“Une élégance à la française, non dépourvue de suaves débordements romantiques”
Reviewed at Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House, Versailles on 13 December 2014
David, Christophe Colombe, ode-symphony
François-Xavier Roth, Conductor
Les Siècles
Jean-Marie Winling, Narrator
Josef Wagner, Bass-baritone
Chantal Santon-Jeffery, Soprano
Julien Behr, Tenor
Christof Loy’s understated Werther at the TCE
****1
Shimmering, disjointed: Poppe and Ligeti in Lucerne
***11
Mixed performances in Ligeti and Mozart from Les Siècles
***11
A stunning Barbican debut by Les Siècles
*****
Paris 1913 brought to life by Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth
****1
An exotic banquet to savour from Les Siècles
*****
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