Asmik Grigorian, reine de la nuit genevoise

By Thomas Muller, 02 December 2018

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“Asmik Grigorian charme tant par le timbre et la voix que par la sensibilité déployée”

Reviewed at Victoria Hall, Geneva on 30 November 2018

Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Polonaise

Tchaikovsky, The Queen of Spades (Pique Dame): Uzh polnoch blizitsya... Akh! istomilas ya gorem (Lisa's Act 3 aria)

Tchaikovsky, The Voyevoda in A minor, Symphonic ballad, Op.78

Tchaikovsky, Iolanta: arias

Tchaikovsky, Eugene Onegin: Letter Scene

Mussorgsky, Night on the Bare Mountain

Stravinsky, The Firebird: Suite (1919 version)

Sonya Yoncheva, Soprano

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Jonathan Nott, Conductor

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Buniatishvili in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 24th March

Jonathan Nott and the OSR bring surgical precision to Debussy’s vivid sketches, while Khatia Buniatishvili’s Brahms evokes the soulful, improvisational warmth of a pre-war piano legend at the Elbphilharmonie.

****1

Bal Impérial & Boléro: multi-layered work challenges in Geneva

Daniel Pratt, 19th November

The premiere of Bal Impérial by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui challenges and interrogates to great effect in Geneva.

****1

Nott shapes a visceral arc with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

SangKwon Lee, 6th July

Fragmentation to ritual: this was no Rite of Spring of two halves but a single, vast architectural crescendo.

****1

Penthouse decadence for a shattering new Salome in Geneva

Mark Pullinger, 22nd January

The Grand Théâtre de Genève is certainly not risk-averse and Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó controversially translates the action to a penthouse bar in New York.

*****

An arthouse staging for Messiaen's testament of beauty in Geneva

Peter Quantrill, 11th April

Installation art sounds a dissonant note with the sublime harmony of Saint François d’Assise in Adel Abdessemed's creation at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.

****1

Justice in Geneva: musically appealing but missing its mark

David Karlin, 22nd January

Director Milos Rau, composer Hèctor Parra and librettist Fiston Mwanza Mujila put the operatic spotlight on the fight for justice after a mining disaster in the DRC, with mixed results.

**111

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Thomas Muller

Podologue spécialisé en Education Thérapeutique du Patient et Diabétologie, chanteur, administrateur de choeur, fondateur d'orchestre et ancien hautboïste amateur, Thomas est passionné de musique et particulièrement vocale. Toujours sensible aux timbres des orchestres et de la capacité des musiciens de développer un chant musical qui provoque chez l'auditeur une émotion vraie, en dehors de tout intellectualisme.