Au Gray du public : Les Noces de Figaro au TCE

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 02 December 2019

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“le spectacle est constamment séduisant pour l’œil, vif, agréable”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 29 November 2019

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro)

Jérémie Rhorer, Conductor

James Gray, Director

Santo Loquasto, Set Designer

Christian Lacroix, Costume Designer

Stéphane Degout, Count Almaviva

Vannina Santoni, Countess Almaviva

Robert Gleadow, Figaro

Anna Aglatova, Susanna

Éléonore Pancrazi, Cherubino

Carlo Lepore, Doctor Bartolo

Jennifer Larmore, Marcellina

Rodolphe Briand, Don Curzio

Mathias Vidal, Don Basilio

Matthieu Lécroart, Antonio

Florie Valiquette, Barbarina

Le Cercle de l'Harmonie

Chœur Unikanti

Gaël Darchen, Choirmaster / chorus director

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Stéphane Lelièvre

Stéphane Lelièvre est maître de conférences en littérature comparée. Il est responsable de l’équipe « Littérature et musique » du Centre de Recherche en Littérature Comparée à la Faculté des Lettres de Sorbonne Universités. Spécialiste des romantismes allemand et français, il s’intéresse d’une manière générale aux liens entre les lettres et la musique, et donc particulièrement à l’opéra.

Au Gray du public : Les Noces de Figaro au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées