Le Mariinsky sur le Ring (4) : l'épopée du Crépuscule

By Tristan Labouret, 25 September 2018

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“Valery Gergiev est inégalable quand il s’agit de peindre une fresque en un seul geste”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 23 September 2018

Wagner, Götterdämmerung (Concert performance)

Valery Gergiev, Conductor

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra

Mlada Khudoley, Soprano

Mikhail Vekua, Tenor

Roman Burdenko, Baritone

Elena Stikhina, Soprano

Evgeny Nikitin, Bass-baritone

Mikhail Petrenko, Bass

Zhanna Dombrovskaya, Soprano

Irina Vasilieva, Soprano

Yekaterina Sergeyeva, Mezzo-soprano

Andrei Petrenko, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Christoph Marthaler’s staging of Monteverdi’s Poppea for the Royal Danish Opera is a study in boredom.

**111

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John Gilks, 25th April

Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.

*****

Trojan’s Carousel: a magical night of dreams come true in Prague

Frank Kuznik, 23rd April

A vintage opera at the National Theatre offers charming adventures for children and musical sophistication for adults.

*****

A sorta fairy tale: Sleepers Awake premieres at Opera Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 22nd April

A new opera by Gregory Spears subverts the Sleeping Beauty trope, with middling results.

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Asmik Grigorian strengthens the Met’s revival of Eugene Onegin

Susan Stempleski, 20th April

The Lithuanian soprano’s riveting performance as the central character in Tchaikovsky’s operatic masterpiece lights up Deborah Warner’s mostly bland production.

****1

At half mast: Simon Boccanegra revived in Vienna

Orsolya Gyárfás, 19th April

Marco Armiliato's conducting thrills and Federica Lombardi's radiant Amelia stands out in the Wiener Staatsoper's latest revival of Simon Boccanegra.

***11

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.