Luxe, calme et volupté avec Ludovic Tézier au Palais Garnier

By Sébastien Herbecq, 16 January 2017

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“Allure altière, absence totale d’esbroufe et de gestuelle grandiloquente. Tout respire le contrôle”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Palais Garnier, Paris on 15 January 2017

Schubert, An die Musik, in D major, D.547

Schubert, Meeres Stille (Goethe), D.216

Schubert, Gute Nacht, in D minor, D.911a

Schumann, In Der Fremde, Op.39 no.1

Schumann, Dichterliebe: Hör ich das Liedchen klingen, Op.48 no.10

Schumann, Ich hab im Traum geweinet

Schumann, Mondnacht, Op.39 no.5

Schubert, Ständchen (Grillparzer), D.920

Schubert, Erlkönig (Goethe), D.328

Ibert, Chansons de Don Quichotte

Duparc, L'Invitation au voyage

Duparc, La vie antérieure

Fauré, L'horizon chimérique, Op.118

Fauré, Les Berceaux, Op.23 no.1

Berlioz, Les Nuits d'été: L'île inconnue, Op.7 no.6

Ludovic Tézier, Baritone

Thuy Anh Vuong, Piano

Ludovic Tézier at La Scala: a journey from art song to opera

Jean-Marc Piriou, 7th March

For the first Lied, we rediscover his velvet and rosewood timbre, so skilled at painting the chiaroscuro of the human soul.

****1

Why a beautiful voice is not enough for a beautiful evening

Chanda VanderHart, 28th October

Tézier, with his beautifully full, easy baritone sound and reputation for attention to diction is a singer I have appreciated on stage for some time and was looking forward to his rising to the challenge of a solo evening with his audience.

**111

At half mast: Simon Boccanegra revived in Vienna

Orsolya Gyárfás, 19th April

Marco Armiliato's conducting thrills and Federica Lombardi's radiant Amelia stands out in the Wiener Staatsoper's latest revival of Simon Boccanegra.

***11

Ludovic Tézier delivers a noble Nabucco in Naples

Lorenzo Fiorito, 18th January

Andreas Homoki’s staging at the Teatro di San Carlo, setting aside a few inconsistencies with the libretto, does not indulge in redundant symbolism.

***11

Vocal triumph in Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro di San Carlo

Lorenzo Fiorito, 11th October

Faithful to the libretto’s dramaturgy, the staging unfolds in scenographic environments of strong impact -

****1

Stikhina, Tézier and Tetelman outstanding in classic Vienna Tosca

Mark Pullinger, 20th September

It may be on its 663rd outing, but Margarethe Wallmann's Tosca is a classic for a reason, as proved in this outstanding performance at the Wiener Staatsoper.

*****

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Sébastien Herbecq

Sébastien a pratiqué pendant 11 ans le violon avant d'intégrer la classe de chant lyrique du Conservatoire de Montpellier. Titulaire d'un master en droit et management de la culture, ce grand amateur de musique classique, admirateur des belles voix, arpente depuis son plus jeune âge les salles d'opéra. Il est particulièrement sensible au répertoire lyrique de ses compositeurs fétiches : Wagner, Richard Strauss, Verdi et Rossini. Dramaturge auprès de l'Opéra de Marseille à partir de 2017, il cesse son activité de critique l'année suivante ; depuis 2019, il est dramaturge à La Monnaie/De Munt.