Fidelio à l'Opéra Comique : le double sauvetage de Leonore

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 26 September 2021

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“Baptême beethovénien réussi pour Raphaël Pichon et ses forces !”

Reviewed at Opéra Comique, Paris on 25 September 2021

Beethoven, Fidelio

Raphaël Pichon, Conductor

Cyril Teste, Director

Valérie Grall, Set Designer

Marie La Rocca, Costume Designer

Julien Boizard, Lighting Designer

Katherine Broderick, Leonore

Michael Spyres, Florestan

Gábor Bretz, Don Pizarro

Christian Immler, Don Fernando

Albert Dohmen, Rocco

Mari Eriksmoen, Marzelline

Constantin Goubet, First prisoner

Linard Vrielink, Jaquino

René Ramos-Premier, Second prisoner

Opéra-Comique

Mehdi Toutain-Lopez, Video

Nicolas Dorémus, Video

Leila Adham

Ensemble Pygmalion

Implacable Werther at Opéra-Comique from Pichon and Huffman

Romain Daroles, 19th January

Tight orchestral playing, minimalist stage design: the conductor and director are perfectly in tune with each other, transforming Massenet's work into an intimate and timeless drama.

****1

Opéra-Comique's Carmen brings high musical qualities to Edinburgh

Roy Westbrook, 8th August

Andreas Homoki's meta-staging in Paris' Opéra-Comique cannot detract from strong musical performances at the Edinburgh Festival, led by Gaëlle Arquez as a near-perfect Carmen.

****1

Deliciously not Disney: Zémire et Azor at Opéra Comique

David Karlin, 29th June

Grétry's mash-up of Beauty and the Beast and The Arabian Nights provides an evening of proper enchantment in Paris.

****1

Unhappy ever after: Gluck's Armide returns to Paris

David Karlin, 11th November

Excellent performances and stage direction make a good case for an opera that's on the slow side dramatically.

****1

Titon et l'Aurore: flying sheep at the Opéra Comique

Philippe Ramin, 21st January

In Basil Twist's staging of Titon et l'Aurore, William Christie shows the breadth of his talent in 18th century French repertoire, conducting an cast which excels in both main and supporting roles.

*****

Operatic magic: Ercole Amante at the Opéra Comique

Jean-Marc Piriou, 6th November

Voices, orchestra staging: everything in this Ercole Amante is light and magic, to the great delight of the Salle Favart audience.

*****

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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.