Un « Elisir di rara qualità » au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 16 January 2022

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“Les chanteurs se révèlent être tous formidablement crédibles dans leurs rôles”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 15 January 2022

Donizetti, L'elisir d'amore

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Francesco Lanzillotta, Conductor

Orchestre national d'Île-de-France

Jodie Devos, Adina

Cyrille Dubois, Nemorino

Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Belcore

Nicola Ulivieri, Dulcamara

Catherine Trottmann, Giannetta

Christof Loy’s understated Werther at the TCE

David Karlin, 22nd March

Massenet’s take on Goethe’s blockbuster novella of unrequited love and suicide is handled with great subtlety by Christof Loy and Marc Leroy-Calatayud. Benjamin Bernheim and Marina Viotti lead a starry vocal cast.

****1

Carry on up the Nile: Handel's Berenice by the Seine

Sandra Bowdler, 21st May

One of Handel's lesser operas receives a deluxe concert performance at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, with Il Pomo d'Oro and a fine array of singers.

****1

Operetta with teeth: Offenbach’s La Périchole at the TCE

David Karlin, 13th November

Laurent Pelly’s new production combines froth and hilarity with a dark, satirical heart; Marc Minkowski and the orchestra seduce us.

****1

Devieilhe's Cleopatra reigns in Michieletto's muddled Egyptology show

Mark Pullinger, 11th May

The French soprano delivers an A-list performance as the Egyptian queen, donning a variety of Hollywood guises at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.

***11

A female voice florilegium: Vivaldi's Juditha triumphans in Paris

Laura Servidei, 11th February

A great performance of Vivaldi's only surviving oratorio, with Marie-Nicole Lemieux as the protagonist, under the baton of Jean-Chirstophe Spinosi.

****1

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées: Catone in Utica

Vesna Gerintes, 10th January

Conductor Alan Curtis and musicologist Alessandro Ciccolini have successfully restored Vivaldi's opera Catone in Utica, and they brought it to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris with a star performance from mezzo Ann Hallenberg.

****1

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Stéphane Lelièvre

Stéphane Lelièvre est maître de conférences en littérature comparée. Il est responsable de l’équipe « Littérature et musique » du Centre de Recherche en Littérature Comparée à la Faculté des Lettres de Sorbonne Universités. Spécialiste des romantismes allemand et français, il s’intéresse d’une manière générale aux liens entre les lettres et la musique, et donc particulièrement à l’opéra.