Un Falstaff très humain ouvre la saison de La Monnaie

Falstaff à La Monnaie

By Patrice Lieberman, 22 September 2025

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“une mise en scène aussi classique qu’intelligente”

Reviewed at La Monnaie | De Munt: Grand Hall, Brussels on 21 September 2025

Verdi, Falstaff

La Monnaie | De Munt

Alain Altinoglu, Conductor

Ouri Bronchti, Conductor

Laurent Pelly, Director, Set Designer

Barbara de Limburg, Costume Designer

Joël Adam, Lighting Designer

La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra

La Monnaie Chorus

Sir Simon Keenlyside, Sir John Falstaff

Lionel Lhote, Ford

Sally Matthews, Alice Ford

Benedetta Torre, Nannetta

Bogdan Volkov, Fenton

John Graham-Hall, Dr Caius

Mikeldi Atxalandabaso, Bardolfo (Bardolph)

Patrick Bolleire, Pistola (Pistol)

Marvic Monreal, Meg Page

Daniela Barcellona, Mistress Quickly

Emmanuel Trenque, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Patrice Lieberman

Pratiquant le piano (puis l’alto) dès l’enfance, Patrice Lieberman - après un passage par le Conservatoire d’Anvers - combine sa passion pour la musique, les langues et la littérature en étudiant la musicologie et la philologie slave à l’Université Libre de Bruxelles, avant de se perfectionner aux universités de Pennsylvanie et Yale. Après avoir été pendant près de vingt ans critique au défunt hebdomadaire anglophone bruxellois The Bulletin, il collabore depuis 2014 à Crescendo Magazine (crescendo-magazine.be). Il a également régulièrement signé des notes de programme et des traductions pour différentes organisations culturelles, dont le Festival de Flandre et l’Orchestre national de Belgique.

Le Falstaff très humain de Laurent Pelly ouvre la saison de La Monnaie