Joyce DiDonato au TCE : une grande dame dans son Eden

Eden au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 06 October 2022

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“un spectacle pour le moins atypique”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 5 October 2022

Ives, The Unanswered Question

Portman, The first morning of the world

Mahler, Rückert-Lieder: Ich atmet' einen linden Duft

Marini, Con le Stelle in Ciel

Mysliveček, Adamo ed Eva: Toglierò le sponde al mare

Copland, 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson: Nature, the Gentlest Mother

Valentini, Sonata enharmonica

Cavalli, La Calisto: Piante ombrose

Gluck, Orphée et Eurydice: Dance of the Furies

Gluck, Ezio: Misera dove son… Ah, non son io

Handel, Theodora, HWV 68: As with rosy steps

Mahler, Rückert-Lieder: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

Marie Lambert-Le Bihan, Director

John Torres, Lighting Designer

Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-soprano

Chœur d'enfants Sotto Voce

Scott Alan Prouty, Choirmaster / chorus director

Il Pomo d'Oro

Zefira Valova, Conductor, Violin

Reincarnation of Baroque ecstasy: Giulio Cesare at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 12th February

From Jakub Józef Orliński’s youthful radiance to Sandrine Piau’s sovereign mastery, this performance revives Baroque ecstasy through razor-sharp orchestration, muscular playing and inventive embellishments of unparalleled emotional depth.

*****

Carry on up the Nile: Handel's Berenice by the Seine

Sandra Bowdler, 21st May

One of Handel's lesser operas receives a deluxe concert performance at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, with Il Pomo d'Oro and a fine array of singers.

****1

Beyond conventions: Jakub Józef Orliński and Il Pomo d'Oro in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 30th November

Touring with the ensemble Il Pomo d'Oro, Jakub Józef Orliński reinvents the Baroque recital formula at the Berlin Philharmonic featuring breakdancing, an audience sing-along and a good deal of fun.

*****

Gesualdo lights up La Bâtie in Veyrier

Elodie Olson-Coons, 8th September

Il Pomo d'Oro and La Compagnia del Madrigale deliver a moving, nuanced performance of Gesualdo madrigals at La Bâtie festival.

***11

Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro make the Konzerthaus their Eden

Chanda VanderHart, 20th March

Pageantry abounds as the popular mezzo-soprano turns the Konzerthaus Wien into a sort of classical music, multisensory varieté.

*****

A starry cast for Handel's Theodora in Paris

Kevin W Ng, 22nd November

It’s hard to imagine more glorious vocalism from such a starry cast, but this Theodora at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées falls short of the sublime.

***11

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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.