À Bastille, Bob Wilson tire les fils de Madame Butterfly

By Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 17 September 2019

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“Vision qui peut plaire à l'esprit, mais qui ne touche définitivement pas le cœur”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Paris on 14 September 2019

Puccini, Madama Butterfly

Opéra national de Paris

Giacomo Sagripanti, Conductor

Robert Wilson, Director, Set Designer, Lighting Designer

Frida Parmeggiani, Costume Designer

Ana María Martínez, Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly)

Giorgio Berrugi, Pinkerton

Laurent Naouri, Sharpless

Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Suzuki

Rodolphe Briand, Goro

Tomasz Kumięga, Prince Yamadori

Jeanne Ireland, Kate Pinkerton

Robert Pomakov, The Bonze

Jian-Hong Zhao, Yakuside

Chae Wook Lim, The Imperial Commissioner

Hyoung-Min Oh, The Official Registrar

Laura Agnoloni, Cio-Cio-san's mother

Carole Colineau, The aunt

Sylvie Delaunay, The cousin

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

Heinrich Brunke, Lighting Designer

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Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut

Amoureux des arts, Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut évolue parallèlement dans les univers de la littérature et de la musique. Ancien khâgneux du Lycée Henri IV, lauréat du Concours Général en Histoire, il a étudié le violon à l'Université des Arts de Berlin et au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon. Féru d'orchestre et d'opéra, il a su trouver son équilibre sur Bachtrack où, parallèlement à ses études musicales, il anime la chronique « L'Abécédaire d'un jeune violoniste », consacrée à ses tribulations dans le microcosme très fermé des musiciens classiques.

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