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

By Tristan Labouret, 25 September 2018

Loading, please wait...

See full listing

“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

Comic overkill stunts Handel’s Giulio Cesare at Grange Festival

Mark Pullinger, 7th June

Despite excellent vocal performances, David Alden’s production of Giulio Cesare in Egitto aims at irreverence but overplays the comedy.

***11

Mozart blows a fuse : Entführung at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Laurence Vittes, 6th June

Jessica Pratt lights up the Parisian skies with her Konstanze in Florent Siaud’s new production of Mozart's Singspiel at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.

***11

Elin Pritchard leads a fine cast in Grange Park’s Don Carlo revival

Roy Westbrook, 6th June

Jo Davies’ 2016 staging is revived at the Theatre in the Woods, given a bold execution, led by a regal Elisabetta.

****1

Jetske Mijnssen’s Boccanegra a coup for DNO season finale

Eleanor Knight, 4th June

Everything about this production is fresh and wonderful.

*****

Tavener’s Krishna fails to convince in world premiere

Nick Boston, 4th June

John Tavener’s “mystical pantomime” proves a disappointment, despite strong performances from singers and orchestra in David Pountney’s production.

***11

Antonia Bembo’s Ercole amante wins hearts at the Opéra de Paris

David Karlin, 2nd June

Leonardo García-Alarcón's exhumation of Bembo's work proves a winner, in a hyper-quirky staging by Netia Jones with Julie Fuchs as the pick of the fine singers.

****1

More reviews...

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.