À l’Opéra de Dijon, Les Boréades brillent du feu des dieux

By Jean-Marc Piriou, 24 March 2019

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“une énergie et une générosité époustouflantes : tous les pupitres contribuent à ce feu d’artifice”

Reviewed at Auditorium de Dijon, Dijon on 22 March 2019

Rameau, Les Boréades

Emmanuelle Haïm, Conductor

Barrie Kosky, Director

Katrin Lea Tag, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Hélène Guilmette, Alphise

Emmanuelle de Negri, Sémire, A nymph, L'Amour, Polymnie

Yoann Dubruque, Borilée

Sébastien Droy, Calisis

Mathias Vidal, Abaris

Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Adamas, Apollon

Christopher Purves, Boréas

Orchestre et chœur du Concert d'Astrée

Siegfried at the RBO: Kosky and Pappano surprise and delight

David Karlin, 17th March

A revelatory orchestral performance and a cast led by Andreas Schager, Christopher Maltman and Elisabeth Strid make this a Siegfried for the record books.

*****

Barrie Kosky directs a ferocious new Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Zenaida des Aubris, 31st January

Shostakovich's opera is laid bare in Berlin, to devastating effect, with a distinguished cast led by Ambur Braid.

****1

Hotel Metamorphosis: Vivaldi reborn through Ovid's lens in Salzburg

Laura Servidei, 8th June

A pasticcio of superb musicianship is the main event at the Venice-themed Whitsun Festival.

****1

Glyndebourne's Saul still packs a punch 10 years on

Nick Boston, 8th June

Returning from the original run, Christopher Purves and Iestyn Davies were joined by a strong cast and chorus for a revival of Barrie Kosky's striking production.

*****

The little man has his day: a nasty and brutish Die Walküre

Peter Quantrill, 1st May

The latest, thrilling instalment of Barrie Kosky's Ring cycle at Covent Garden does not have to strain for contemporary relevance.

*****

Opulent minimalism: Kosky directs a new staging of Akhnaten

Zenaida des Aubris, 23rd March

Barrie Kosky's new production of Philip Glass' Akhnaten for Komische Oper at the Schillertheater removes any egyptological references.

****1

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Jean-Marc Piriou

Diplômé de l’École Centrale Paris et titulaire d’un Doctorat en Biophysique Moléculaire, Jean-Marc occupe différentes fonctions dans le secteur de l’environnement. Passionné de musique depuis l’enfance, il étudie le saxophone, le piano, puis se forme au chant lyrique (ténor). S’il s’intéresse à tous les styles et toutes les formes de musique, l’opéra est sa grande passion.