Le Mariinsky à la Philharmonie : Iolanta plus russe que jamais

By Clara Leonardi, 22 September 2019

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“bien servie, la musique de Tchaïkovski ne se suffit-elle pas à elle-même ?”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 21 September 2019

Tchaikovsky, Iolanta (concert performance)

Mariinsky Opera

Valery Gergiev, Conductor

Irina Churilova, Iolanta

Stanislav Trofimov, King René

Najmiddin Mavlyanov, Vaudémont

Alexey Markov, Robert

Evgeny Nikitin, Ibn-Hakia

Andrei Zorin, Alméric

Yuri Vorobiev, Bertrand

Natalia Yevstafieva, Martha

Kira Loginova, Brigitta

Yekaterina Sergeyeva, Laura

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra

Mariinsky Theatre Chorus

Andrei Petrenko, Choirmaster / chorus director

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David Karlin, 20th June

In Tarkovsky's venerable production, the Mariinsky orchestra and chorus are brilliant – but too brilliant for their soloists, including two replacement Borises for an indisposed Mikhail Petrenko.

***11

Intoxicating, mystic, sacred, profane

David Karlin, 19th June

Rodion Shchedrin's opera mixes singing, choreography and storytelling to lend a potent sacred and mystic overlay to Nikolai Leskov's folk tale.

*****

Netrebko takes on Adriana Lecouvreur at the Mariinsky

David Karlin, 18th June

Isabelle Patriot-Pieri's new production is a quirky mix of traditional and the opposite; Netrebko shows her star quality; Eyvasov impresses.

****1

Mariinsky Rheingold a promising start to EIF Ring

David Smythe, 15th August

Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Opera in a vocally strong Das Rheingold, a promising beginning to Edinburgh International Festival’s Ring in concert over the coming years.

****1

Conflict Unresolved: The Enchanted Wanderer

Jacob Slattery, 14th January

Shchedrin’s opera The Enchanted Wanderer is the complete opposite of shocking and director Alexei Stepanyuk’s staging alongside Valery Gergiev’s command over the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra revealed something of a translucid daydream.

***11

The Mariinsky Ring concludes in Birmingham

Rohan Shotton, 9th November

Valery Gergiev brings George Tsypin's Ring staging to a spectacular close with Götterdämmerung in Birmingham.

****1

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Clara Leonardi

Formée au Conservatoire de Metz, Clara Leonardi y obtient son DEM de violon et son prix de Perfectionnement de quatuor à cordes. Elle s’implique aujourd’hui dans plusieurs orchestres amateurs parisiens en parallèle de ses études de commerce et fréquente assidûment les grandes salles parisiennes. Passionnée par le répertoire des compositrices, elle est aussi la co-fondatrice de ComposHer, un média en ligne dédié aux femmes dans la musique classique.