Poppée couronnée à l’Opéra de Vichy

By Roland Duclos, 10 March 2017

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“Oui, faire du neuf avec du vieux peut s’avérer être une recette riche d’enseignements”

Reviewed at Opéra de Vichy, Vichy on 7 March 2017

Monteverdi, L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308

Opéra de Lyon

Sébastien d'Hérin, Conductor

Klaus Michael Grüber, Director

Gilles Aillaud, Set Designer

Rudy Sabounghi, Costume Designer

Rocío Pérez, Amore

Emilie Rose Bry, Drusilla, La Virtù

Katherine Aitken, La Fortuna, Valletto

Josefine Göhmann, Poppea

Laura Zigmintaitė, Nerone

Elli Vallinoja, Ottavia

André Gass, Arnalta

Oliver Johnston, Lucano

Pierre Héritier, Liberto, Littore

Brenton Spiteri, Mercurio

Pawel Kolodziej, Seneca

Aline Kostrewa, Ottone

Solistes du Studio de l'Opéra de Lyon

Les Nouveaux Caractères

James Birchall, Bass

Aaron O'Hare, Baritone

Ellen Hammer, Director

Bernard Michel, Set Designer

Dominique Borrini, Lighting Designer

Billy Budd, or the Triumph of Beauty at the Opéra de Lyon

Stéphane Lelièvre, 21st March

The Opéra de Lyon presents Britten’s masterpiece for the first time: a triumph, both visually and musically, which is received with great enthusiasm by the audience.

****1

All that glitters: Barrie Kosky's Coq d'or opens in Lyon

Mark Pullinger, 20th May

Its premiere postponed from Festival d'Aix last summer, Barrie Kosky's staging of Rimsky-Korsakov's political satire finally takes place in Lyon.

*****

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A controversial new production of Bluebeard's Castle by Andriy Zholdak in which Bartók's opera is played out twice...

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La Cenerentola in Edinburgh: comic direction to savour

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Herheim pulls us in unexpected directions, makes us laugh and makes us think as we enjoy fine Rossinian music and singing in Opéra de Lyon's production.

****1

Marton turns Don Giovanni into a wrist-slashing wimp

Jonathan Sutherland, 25th June

A disappointing new production by David Marton at Opéra de Lyon.

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A (nearly) complete performance of the original French version of Don Carlos forms the centrepiece of Daniele Rustioni's Verdi Festival in Lyon.

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Roland Duclos

Longtemps journaliste dans le Groupe La Montagne Centre-France et plus spécialement attaché au domaine culturel dans toute sa diversité. Avec une forte propension vers la musique classique. Avec la conviction héritée de Bourdieu que tous les arts ne font qu'un pour l'émancipation de l'individu, l'épanouissement de son sens critique et la liberté d'expression sans restriction aucune.