Les Funérailles Royales au temps de Louis XIV

By Anne-Laure Faubert, 10 June 2015

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Reviewed at Basilique Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis on 8 June 2015

Works by Lully

Botte, Sophie, Actor

Coblentz, Mathieu, Actor

Glaumé, Samuel, Actor

Vox Cantoris

Chœur de chambre de Namur

Cappella Mediterranea

Millenium Orchestra

Leonardo García-Alarcón, Director

Jean-Christophe Candau, Director

Les Indes galantes at the Teatro alla Scala: Love and Thunder

Laura Servidei, 16th November

Leonardo Garcia-Alarcón leads a crisp, charismatic account of Rameau's Les Indes galantes, where a superb cast shines and the Cappella Mediterranea thoroughly convinces.

****1

Masked marvels and Venetian mischief: Cavalli at Bayreuth Baroque

Mengguang Huang, 14th September

In the intimate splendour of the Margravial Opera House, Bayreuth Baroque revives Cavalli’s Pompeo Magno with a riot of colors, eight masked countertenors and a Tiepolo-like air of playful chaos.

*****

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui presents Idomeneo as a confused ballet in Geneva

Laura Servidei, 2nd March

The Grand Théâtre de Genève presents a new production of Mozart’s opera seria where the focus is all on dancing and rope twirling. Nevertheless, a good cast, led by Federica Lombardi as Elettra, manages to shine through.

**111

Pure entertainment from early opera: La finta pazza

David Karlin, 7th May

Extraordinary singing and acting from Mariana Flores stands out in a joyous concert performance of one of the first operas ever written.

****1

Les Indes galantes: with Alarcón, Rameau conquers the Bastille

Philippe Ramin, 28th September

The new production of Les Indes galantes at Opéra Bastille is exceptional, from the vocal cast to the choreography by Bintou Dembélé. But the stand-out performance of the evening comes from conductor Leonardo Garcia Alarcón.

*****

Mariana Flores brings Barbara Strozzi to life at Cadogan Hall

David Karlin, 29th July

Strozzi's music is vivid and spectacular: period specialists Flores and Leonardo García Alarcón make a strong case for it, with an emotional slice of Argentina for an encore.

****1

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Anne-Laure Faubert

Diplômée de Sciences-Po Paris, Anne-Laure y a également étudié l’art et la littérature. Elle travaille ensuite dans les secteurs privé et public où elle suit notamment les audits de grandes institutions culturelles. Elle tient un blog depuis 2010 sur le ballet, la musique baroque et les voyages et écrit pour une fondation. Elle a créé en 2014 une société de médiation culturelle axée sur le costume et en 2015 une marque de gastronomie culturelle.

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