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

10 Days in a Madhouse receives Canadian premiere

John Gilks, 16th June

10 Days in a Madhouse is a musically and dramatically excellent but disturbing insight into conditions in a women’s asylum brought to life in Toronto by an excellent production.

****1

Galați Cenerentola lights up the Bucharest stage

Peter Quantrill, 15th June

First class young voices and bewitchingly stylised designs shine through the murk at the Bucharest Opera Festival.

****1

L’Orfeo, the world’s first great opera, premieres at Glyndebourne

Roy Westbrook, 14th June

One element of the Orpheus myth is about creativity, so at Glyndebourne, William Kentridge sets Monteverdi’s opera in an artist's studio,

****1

Darkness without passion: Damiano Michieletto’s Carmen at La Scala

Laura Servidei, 12th June

Despite Michieletto's visual gloom, the evening is redeemed by Myung-whun Chung’s masterful conducting and a cast that brings conviction to a production that rarely trusts the opera’s own dramatic power.

**111

Aldeburgh Festival dives in at the deep end with Pelléas et Mélisande

Eleanor Knight, 12th June

Rory Kinnear directs a minimally semi-staged performance of Debussy's problematic opera at Snape Maltings, but Ryan Wigglesworth and the BBC Scottish SO provide the detail.

****1

Monteverdi and Ulisse return happily to Garsington Opera

David Karlin, 12th June

Laurence Cummings and John Caird’s second Garsington exploration of the operas of Monteverdi brims with wonderfully playing and singing in an attractive setting.

****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.