À Genève, un Enlèvement qui déraille

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 03 February 2020

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“On assiste à une juxtaposition de moments (...) qui ne garde rien de l’esprit du singspiel”

Reviewed at Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva on 2 February 2020

Mozart, Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Harem) (Nouvelle version de Luk Perceval en collaboration avec Aslı Erdoğan)

Grand Théâtre de Genève

Fabio Biondi, Conductor

Luk Perceval, Director

Philip Bußmann, Set Designer

Ilse Vandenbussche, Costume Designer

Olga Pudova, Konstanze

Claire de Sévigné, Blonde

Julien Behr, Belmonte

Denzil Delaere, Pedrillo

Nahuel Di Pierro, Osmin

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Chorus of the Grand Théâtre de Genève

Alan Woodbridge, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Stéphane Lelièvre

Stéphane Lelièvre est maître de conférences en littérature comparée. Il est responsable de l’équipe « Littérature et musique » du Centre de Recherche en Littérature Comparée à la Faculté des Lettres de Sorbonne Universités. Spécialiste des romantismes allemand et français, il s’intéresse d’une manière générale aux liens entre les lettres et la musique, et donc particulièrement à l’opéra.