Solaire Iolanta, radieuse Perséphone à l'Opéra de Lyon

By Camille Grimaud, 13 May 2016

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“Ces minutes a capella nous envoûtent [...]. Le temps suspend son vol.”

Reviewed at Opéra Nouvel, Lyon on 11 May 2016

Tchaikovsky, Iolanta

Stravinsky, Perséphone

Opéra de Lyon

Martyn Brabbins, Conductor

Peter Sellars, Director

George Tsypin, Set Designer

Martin Pakledinaz, Costume Designer

Ekaterina Scherbachenko, Iolanta

Dmitry Ulyanov, King René

Arnold Rutkowski, Vaudémont

Maxim Aniskin, Robert

Sir Willard White, Ibn-Hakia

Vasily Efimov, Alméric

Pavel Kudinov, Bertrand

Diana Montague, Martha

Karina Demurova, Laura

Paul Groves, Eumolphe

Pauline Cheviller, Actor

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The Opéra de Lyon presents Britten’s masterpiece for the first time: a triumph, both visually and musically, which is received with great enthusiasm by the audience.

****1

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Its premiere postponed from Festival d'Aix last summer, Barrie Kosky's staging of Rimsky-Korsakov's political satire finally takes place in Lyon.

*****

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Camille Grimaud

Jeune chanteuse lyrique passionnée de littérature, Camille décide d'unir ses deux amours en écrivant sa joie de la musique. Ancienne étudiante de lettres modernes, la soprano n'a de cesse de convoquer les lettres au service de son art. Complémentarité et éclectisme seraient ses maîtres mots.