Le cours de L’Or du Rhin dévisse à l’Opéra de Paris

L'Or du Rhin à l'Opéra Bastille

By Erwan Gentric, 03 February 2025

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“La déception a été à la hauteur des attentes”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Paris on 29 January 2025

Wagner, Das Rheingold

Opéra national de Paris

Pablo Heras-Casado, Conductor

Calixto Bieito, Director

Rebecca Ringst, Set Designer

Ingo Krügler, Costume Designer

Michael Bauer, Lighting Designer

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

Iain Paterson, Wotan

Simon O'Neill, Loge

Brian Mulligan, Alberich

Florent Mbia, Donner

Matthew Cairns, Froh

Gerhard Siegel, Mime

Kwangchul Youn, Fasolt

Mika Kares, Fafner

Ève-Maud Hubeaux, Fricka

Eliza Boom, Freia

Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Erda

Margarita Polonskaya, Woglinde

Isabel Signoret, Wellgunde

Katharina Magiera, Flosshilde

Pomp meets ping-pong: Nixon in China lands again in Paris

David Karlin, 14th March

Excellent vocal acting from Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Xiaomeng Zhang and a magnificent orchestral performance conducted by Kent Nagano can't make Valentina Carrasco's production fully grip.

***11

Thomas Adès’ high-flying Exterminating Angel in Paris

Erwan Gentric, 29th February

The French premiere of the British composer's opera will be the undisputed high point of the Grande Boutique's season: a perfect confluence of music, staging and cast.

*****

Shock and awe in Paris with Bernstein's A Quiet Place

David Karlin, 9th March

In the expert hands of both director Warlikowski and conductor Kent Nagano, the sequel to Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti proves to be even darker and more dramatic.

*****

A long road to nowhere for Igor at the Bastille

Mark Pullinger, 1st December

Barrie Kosky's makes a limited impact in his debut at Opéra de Paris, apart from an hallucinogenic Polovtsian Dances.

***11

Les Indes galantes: with Alarcón, Rameau conquers the Bastille

Philippe Ramin, 28th September

The new production of Les Indes galantes at Opéra Bastille is exceptional, from the vocal cast to the choreography by Bintou Dembélé. But the stand-out performance of the evening comes from conductor Leonardo Garcia Alarcón.

*****

Don Giovanni according to Ivo van Hove: a puritan despite himself?

Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 16th June

Don Giovanni returns to the Palais Garnier. The production by Ivo van Hove lacks energy but is wonderfully served by a cast of great young talents.

***11

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Erwan Gentric

Initié dès son plus jeune âge à la musique classique, par l’étude du piano d’abord, puis par les affinités électives entretenues avec quelques disques des rayonnages familiaux, Erwan mène désormais de front l’exercice de la critique musicale pour Bachtrack et Diapason, ainsi qu’un doctorat de musicologie à l’École Pratique des Hautes Études. Soutenues par une bourse de la Fondation Royaumont, ses recherches portent sur l’Association artistique des Concerts Colonne de 1873 à 1910.