Sans ombre et sans reproches : Nézet-Séguin gravit l'Everest au TCE

By Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 19 February 2020

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“quelle stupéfiante et terrifiante machine musicale que cette Femme sans ombre !”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 17 February 2020

Strauss R., Die Frau ohne Schatten

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor

Lise Lindstrom, Barak the Dyer's Wife

Elza van den Heever, Empress

Michaela Schuster, Nurse

Stephen Gould, Emperor

Michael Volle, Barak, the Dyer

Katrien Baerts, The Guardian of the Threshold, The Voice of a Falcon

Bror Magnus Tødenes, The Apparition of a Youth

Andreas Conrad, The Hunchback, Barak's Brother

Thomas Oliemans, The Messenger of Keikobad

Michael Wilmering, The One-Eyed Man, Barak’s Brother

Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra

Rotterdam Symphony Chorus

Maîtrise de Radio France

Sofi Jeannin, Choirmaster / chorus director

Bang! Mozart's volcano erupts in Opera Holland Park’s Così fan tutte

Peter Quantrill, 28th May

Mount Vesuvius looms over Cecilia Stinton’s compelling new production of Così fan tutte.

****1

Viennese splendour in Garsington’s Rosenkavalier revival

Roy Westbrook, 28th May

Bruno Ravella's splendid 2021 production of Strauss' opera of Viennese manners returns with a fine cast.

****1

A witty hotel Don Giovanni opens Blackwater Valley Festival

Andrew Larkin, 27th May

Tom Creed’s witty production at Lismore Castle delivers strong singing, sharp comedy and lively orchestral playing, even if the opera’s darker supernatural edges are somewhat diminished.

****1

Garsington’s new La traviata ticks every musical and dramatic box

David Karlin, 27th May

Music Director Douglas Boyd conducts a performance of exceptional musical quality, and Louisa Muller's uncontroversial but passionate direction makes this Traviata one for the ages.

*****

Werther revived at San Carlo: an anatomy of emotional isolation

Lorenzo Fiorito, 26th May

Willy Decker’s psychologically intense Werther returns to the Teatro di San Carlo with a deeply human interpretation by Francesco Demuro and refined conducting by Lorenzo Passerini.

*****

Opera Holland Park makes a convincing case for La fanciulla del West

Dominic Lowe, 26th May

A thoughtful production from Martin Lloyd-Evans and magnificent playing from Matthew Kofi Walden and the City of London Sinfonia make the case for why Puccini's under-appreciated work is actually so sophisticated.

****1

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Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut

Amoureux des arts, Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut évolue parallèlement dans les univers de la littérature et de la musique. Ancien khâgneux du Lycée Henri IV, lauréat du Concours Général en Histoire, il a étudié le violon à l'Université des Arts de Berlin et au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon. Féru d'orchestre et d'opéra, il a su trouver son équilibre sur Bachtrack où, parallèlement à ses études musicales, il anime la chronique « L'Abécédaire d'un jeune violoniste », consacrée à ses tribulations dans le microcosme très fermé des musiciens classiques.