L'Elisir d'amore à Bastille : le couple Alagna-Kurzak au sommet

By Clémence Faber, 09 November 2015

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“Le tout est simple, sans fausses pudeurs, et infiniment poétique.”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Paris on 8 November 2015

Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore (Performance cancelled on the 14/11)

Opéra national de Paris

Donato Renzetti, Conductor

Laurent Pelly, Director, Costume Designer

Chantal Thomas, Set Designer

Aleksandra Kurzak, Adina

Roberto Alagna, Nemorino

Mario Cassi, Belcore

Ambrogio Maestri, Dulcamara

Mélissa Petit, Giannetta

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

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Clémence Faber

Clémence Faber, mezzo-soprano, est née à Paris en 1991. Elle se forme à la Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine, Chœur d’enfants de l’Opéra de Paris, entre 2003 et 2010, et poursuit le chant au conservatoire Gabriel Fauré (Paris) dans la classe de Yann Toussaint, en parallèle de ses études à Sciences Po Paris. Elle se perfectionne actuellement au Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (UK), dans la classe de Wilma MacDougall.