Inoubliable Heure espagnole à l’Opéra de Lyon

By Augustin Javel, 19 October 2020

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“cette production restera à plus d'un titre dans les annales”

Reviewed at Opéra Nouvel, Lyon on 14 October 2020

Ravel, L'Heure espagnole

Opéra de Lyon

Vincent Renaud, Conductor

James Bonas, Director

Thibault Vancraenenbroeck, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Florence Losseau, Concepción

Clémence Poussin, Concepción

Raoul Steffani, Ramiro

Nicholas Morton, Ramiro

Etienne Duhil de Bénazé, Torquemada

Grégoire Mour, Torquemada

Quentin Desgeorges, Gonzalve

Joel Prieto, Gonzalve

Christian Andreas, Don Iñigo Gomez

Martin Häßler, Don Iñigo Gomez

Grégoire Pont, Video

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Augustin Javel

Étudiant à l’IEP de Lyon, Augustin Javel est aussi hautboïste amateur, étudiant au CRR de Lyon. Passé par le Maroc, l’Espagne et la Pologne, il se passionne pour la musique et ses interprètes, facilitateurs d’échanges entre les cultures. Également passionné par le cinéma, il porte un grand intérêt aux compositeurs de musique de film. Gustav Mahler, Olivier Messiaen, Maurice Ravel ou Nino Rota font partie de ses compositeurs préférés.