Les flamboyants adieux de Philippe Jordan à l'Opéra de Paris

By Clara Leonardi, 04 July 2021

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“quel meilleur adieu pouvait espérer Philippe Jordan ?”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Paris on 2 July 2021

Liszt, A Faust Symphony, S 108

Wagner, Parsifal: Act 3

Andreas Schager, Tenor

Ève-Maud Hubeaux, Mezzo-soprano

Peter Mattei, Baritone

René Pape, Bass

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

Philippe Jordan, Conductor

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Clara Leonardi

Formée au Conservatoire de Metz, Clara Leonardi y obtient son DEM de violon et son prix de Perfectionnement de quatuor à cordes. Elle s’implique aujourd’hui dans plusieurs orchestres amateurs parisiens en parallèle de ses études de commerce et fréquente assidûment les grandes salles parisiennes. Passionnée par le répertoire des compositrices, elle est aussi la co-fondatrice de ComposHer, un média en ligne dédié aux femmes dans la musique classique.