Lucia di Lammermoor au TCE : la princesse Diana éblouissante dans la folie

By Denis Peyrat, 29 May 2016

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“Une Lucia volontaire, moderne, qui assume ses choix.”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 27 May 2016

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor (Concert Performance)

Gianandrea Noseda, Conductor

Diana Damrau, Lucia

Piero Pretti, Edgardo

Gabriele Viviani, Enrico

Daniela Valdenassi, Alisa

Francesco Marsiglia, Arturo

Saverio Fiore, Normanno

Nicolas Testé, Raimondo

Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino

Coro del Teatro Regio di Torino

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Eleanor Knight, 4th June

Everything about this production is fresh and wonderful.

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Nick Boston, 4th June

John Tavener's “mystical pantomime” proves a disappointment, despite strong performances from singers and orchestra in David Pountney's production.

***11

Antonia Bembo’s Ercole amante wins hearts at the Opéra de Paris

David Karlin, 2nd June

Leonardo García-Alarcón's exhumation of Bembo's work proves a winner, in a hyper-quirky staging by Netia Jones with Julie Fuchs as the pick of the fine singers.

****1

Chasing the American Dream: UK premiere for Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up

Mark Pullinger, 1st June

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****1

Longborough Festival Opera season starts slow with Orlando

Eleanor Knight, 30th May

Beth Taylor gives the lows and highs of Handel's heroics an almighty, whole-body shakedown in Sinéad O'Neill’s new staging of Handel's Orlando.

***11

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Peter Quantrill, 28th May

Mount Vesuvius looms over Cecilia Stinton’s compelling new production of Così fan tutte.

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Denis Peyrat

Ingénieur exerçant dans le domaine de l'énergie, il est passionné d'opéra et fréquente les salles de concert depuis le collège. Dès l'âge de 11 ans il pratique également le chant dans diverses formations, en autodidacte mais avec une expérience qui lui permet à présent de faire partie d'un grand choeur parisien.