Le Don Giovanni historique de l’Opéra de Vienne au TCE

Christian Van Horn (Don Giovanni) et Philippe Jordan au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Federica Lombardi (Donna Elvira) et Peter Kellner (Leporello)

Alma Neuhaus (Zerlina) et Martin Häßler (Masetto)

Christian Van Horn (Don Giovanni) et Antonio Di Matteo (le Commandeur)

By Erwan Gentric, 08 February 2024

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“l’auditeur est envoûté par cette démonstration confondante d’aisance et exempte de vanité”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 5 February 2024

Mozart, Don Giovanni (Concert performance)

Philippe Jordan, Conductor

Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Concert Association Vienna State Opera Chorus

Christian Van Horn, Don Giovanni

Peter Kellner, Leporello

Federica Lombardi, Donna Elvira

Alma Neuhaus, Zerlina

Slávka Zámečníková, Donna Anna

Antonio Di Matteo, The Commendatore

Martin Häßler, Masetto

Bogdan Volkov, Don Ottavio

The ghost of Maria Callas: Greek National Opera's Medea at Epidaurus

Anna Bogdanova, 20th June

To rebuild Maria Callas's 1961 Medea is to invite the cruellest comparisons in opera. For most of a single night at Epidaurus, Greek National Opera withstands it, but then comes the final act...

****1

10 Days in a Madhouse receives Canadian premiere

John Gilks, 16th June

10 Days in a Madhouse is a musically and dramatically excellent but disturbing insight into conditions in a women’s asylum brought to life in Toronto by an excellent production.

****1

Galați Cenerentola lights up the Bucharest stage

Peter Quantrill, 15th June

First class young voices and bewitchingly stylised designs shine through the murk at the Bucharest Opera Festival.

****1

L’Orfeo, the world’s first great opera, premieres at Glyndebourne

Roy Westbrook, 14th June

One element of the Orpheus myth is about creativity, so at Glyndebourne, William Kentridge sets Monteverdi’s opera in an artist's studio,

****1

Darkness without passion: Damiano Michieletto’s Carmen at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 12th June

Despite Michieletto's visual gloom, the evening is redeemed by Myung-whun Chung’s masterful conducting and a cast that brings conviction to a production that rarely trusts the opera’s own dramatic power.

**111

Aldeburgh Festival dives in at the deep end with Pelléas et Mélisande

Eleanor Knight, 12th June

Rory Kinnear directs a minimally semi-staged performance of Debussy's problematic opera at Snape Maltings, but Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish SO provide the detail.

****1

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Erwan Gentric

Initié dès son plus jeune âge à la musique classique, par l’étude du piano d’abord, puis par les affinités électives entretenues avec quelques disques des rayonnages familiaux, Erwan mène désormais de front l’exercice de la critique musicale pour Bachtrack et Diapason, ainsi qu’un doctorat de musicologie à l’École Pratique des Hautes Études. Soutenues par une bourse de la Fondation Royaumont, ses recherches portent sur l’Association artistique des Concerts Colonne de 1873 à 1910.

Le Don Giovanni historique de l’Opéra de Vienne au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées