Genève sous les charmes de la voix somptueuse d'Elīna Garanča

By Thomas Muller, 08 November 2015

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“On restera sous le charme, voire sous le choc de la voix.”

Reviewed at Victoria Hall, Geneva on 5 November 2015

Bizet, L'Arlésienne, Suite no. 2

Tchaikovsky, The Nutcracker, Op.71: Pas de deux

Vavilov, Ave Maria (after Giulio Caccini)

Gounod, Repentir

Ponchielli, La Gioconda: La danza delle ore (the dance of the hours)

Donizetti, Dom Sébastien, Roi de Portugal: Sol adoré de la patrie

Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana: Voi lo sapete, o mamma

Verdi, La forza del destino (The Force of Destiny): Overture

Verdi, La forza del destino: Pace, pace mio Dio

Bach, Air on a G String, from Orchestral Suite BWV1068

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Elīna Garanča, Mezzo-soprano

Karel Mark Chichon, Conductor

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Buniatishvili in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 24th March

Jonathan Nott and the OSR bring surgical precision to Debussy’s vivid sketches, while Khatia Buniatishvili’s Brahms evokes the soulful, improvisational warmth of a pre-war piano legend at the Elbphilharmonie.

****1

Bal Impérial & Boléro: multi-layered work challenges in Geneva

Daniel Pratt, 19th November

The premiere of Bal Impérial by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui challenges and interrogates to great effect in Geneva.

****1

Nott shapes a visceral arc with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

SangKwon Lee, 6th July

Fragmentation to ritual: this was no Rite of Spring of two halves but a single, vast architectural crescendo.

****1

Penthouse decadence for a shattering new Salome in Geneva

Mark Pullinger, 22nd January

The Grand Théâtre de Genève is certainly not risk-averse and Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó controversially translates the action to a penthouse bar in New York.

*****

An arthouse staging for Messiaen's testament of beauty in Geneva

Peter Quantrill, 11th April

Installation art sounds a dissonant note with the sublime harmony of Saint François d’Assise in Adel Abdessemed's creation at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.

****1

Justice in Geneva: musically appealing but missing its mark

David Karlin, 22nd January

Director Milos Rau, composer Hèctor Parra and librettist Fiston Mwanza Mujila put the operatic spotlight on the fight for justice after a mining disaster in the DRC, with mixed results.

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Thomas Muller

Podologue spécialisé en Education Thérapeutique du Patient et Diabétologie, chanteur, administrateur de choeur, fondateur d'orchestre et ancien hautboïste amateur, Thomas est passionné de musique et particulièrement vocale. Toujours sensible aux timbres des orchestres et de la capacité des musiciens de développer un chant musical qui provoque chez l'auditeur une émotion vraie, en dehors de tout intellectualisme.