Il Mitridate Eupatore d'Alessandro Scarlatti revit au Festival de Beaune

By Ilan Attyasse, 22 July 2017

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Reviewed at Basilique Notre-Dame, Beaune on 21 July 2017

Scarlatti, Mitridate Eupatore

Thibault Noally, Conductor

Anthea Pichanick, Mitridate

Mary-Ellen Nesi, Stratonica

Blandine Staskiewicz, Laodice

Anna Kasyan, Nicomede

Victor Sicard, Farnace

Sacha Hatala, Pelopida

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Lucile Richardot, Mezzo-soprano

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Ilan Attyasse

Travaillant dans un domaine où le corps et l'esprit sont indissociables, Ilan Attyasse est intéressé par les manifestations artistiques tant lyriques que chorégraphiques qui permettent de définir des nouvelles conceptions du rapport de l'homme à son corps et à sa voix. Rédacteur d'un travail universitaire autour de la folie du ballet Giselle, il est chroniqueur de spectacles en France et à l'étranger depuis les balbutiements d'internet tout en pratiquant de façon amateur la danse académique, la danse baroque de même que le chant sous toutes ses formes.