Le côté obscur de La Femme sans ombre à l’Opéra de Lyon

La Femme sans ombre à l'Opéra de Lyon

By Tristan Labouret, 18 October 2023

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“la performance que Daniele Rustioni a réalisée avec ses troupes est époustouflante”

Reviewed at Opéra Nouvel, Lyon on 17 October 2023

Strauss R., Die Frau ohne Schatten

Opéra de Lyon

Daniele Rustioni, Conductor

Mariusz Treliński, Director

Fabien Lédé, Set Designer

Marek Adamski, Costume Designer

Marc Heinz, Lighting Designer

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon

Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon

Bartek Macias, Video

Vincent Wolfsteiner, Emperor

Sara Jakubiak, Empress

Lindsay Ammann, Nurse

Josef Wagner, Barak, the Dyer

Ambur Braid, Barak the Dyer's Wife

Julian Orlishausen, The Messenger of Keikobad

Giulia Scopelliti, The Guardian of the Threshold, The Voice of a Falcon

Robert Lewis, The Apparition of a Youth, The Hunchback, Barak's Brother

Thandiswa Mpongwana, A Voice From Above

Paweł Trojak, The One-Eyed Man, Barak’s Brother

Pete Thanapat, The One-Armed Man, Barak’s Brother

Jacek Przybyłowicz, Choreography

Benedict Kearns, Choirmaster / chorus director

Maîtrise de l'Opéra de Lyon

Nicolas Parisot, Choirmaster / chorus director

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*****

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.

À l’Opéra de Lyon, Mariusz Treliński montre le côté obscur de La Femme sans ombre