Lear transfiguré par Bo Skovhus au Palais Garnier

By Nicolas Schotter, 30 May 2016

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“Ce *Lear* invite à une expérience bouleversante.”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier, Paris on 29 May 2016

Reimann, Lear

Opéra national de Paris

Fabio Luisi, Conductor

Calixto Bieito, Director

Rebecca Ringst, Set Designer

Ingo Krügler, Costume Designer

Bo Skovhus, Lear

Kor-Jan Dusseljee, Earl of Kent

Lauri Vasar, Earl of Gloucester

Andrew Watts, Edgar

Andreas Conrad, Edmund

Ricarda Merbeth, Goneril

Erika Sunnegårdh, Regan

Annette Dasch, Cordelia

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

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Nicolas Schotter

Ancien élève du Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris dans les classes d'Histoire de la musique et d'Esthétique, Nicolas Schotter est ancien éditeur de la version francophone du site Bachtrack. Il continue par ailleurs ses recherches musicologiques sur l'évolution des pratiques musicales liturgiques au XXe siècle.