La Flûte réenchantée de Robert Lepage au Festival d’opéra de Québec

By Emmanuel Bernier, 03 August 2018

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“un spectacle de très haute tenue”

Reviewed at Grand Théâtre De Québec: Louis-Fréchette Hall, Quebec on 2 August 2018

Mozart, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Thomas Rösner, Conductor

Robert Lepage, Director

Jamie Harrison, Set Designer

Kym Barrett, Costume Designer

Frédéric Antoun, Tamino

Simone Osborne, Pamina

Audrey Luna, Queen of the Night

Gordon Bintner, Papageno

John Relyea, Sarastro

Pascale Beaudin, Papagena

Lyne Fortin, First Lady

Éric Thériault, Monostatos

Opera de Quebec Chorus

Orchestre symphonique de Québec

Lepage’s Bluebeard and Erwartung pairing remains compelling theatre

John Gilks, 25th April

Some 30 years after its first appearance, Robert Lepage’s double bill of Duke Bluebeards Castle and Erwartung is still strikingly effective and very modern-looking music theatre.

*****

Stravinsky's Nightingale takes flight to open the Adelaide Festival

Sandra Bowdler, 1st March

A piecemeal evening of high musical values as the Adelaide Festival opens with short Stravinsky pieces rather than the usual substantial opera.

***11

Garanča glows in The Met's Damnation de Faust

Cameron Kelsall, 25th January

Edward Gardner's conducting brings out the nuances of Berlioz's complex score, but The Met's concert staging lacks theatrical thrust.

***11

Saariaho's L'Amour de loin triumphs at the Met

Rebecca Lentjes, 1st December

Conductor Susanna Mälkki, in her Met Opera debut, led the Met Opera Orchestra in a limber performance of Ms Saariaho's gorgeous music, the first woman-authored score to be heard at the Met in 113 years.

****1

The Met: Götterdämmerung

Meg Wilhoite, 2nd May

The word Götterdämmerung contextually translated becomes “twilight of the gods”, and Thursday night’s story at the Met was indeed full of endings: the conclusion of the saga of the ring and the end of several lives, human and god alike.

****1

The Met: Siegfried

David Karlin, 29th April

All things considered, this Met Siegfried was a mixed affair. There was much to enjoy and much to marvel at; there were times where the performance felt as if it might achieve real lift-off, but it never quite achieved the sustained momentum of Friday's Walküre.

***11

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Emmanuel Bernier

Emmanuel Bernier a étudié au Conservatoire de musique et d’art dramatique du Québec, où il a obtenu un Prix avec distinction en orgue et un diplôme d’études supérieures en chant. Il a été collaborateur au quotidien Le Soleil, en plus d’être rédacteur pour plusieurs sociétés de concerts. Il effectue présentement des études de doctorat en histoire contemporaine à l’Université Laval à Québec.