Manon à l’assaut de Bastille : prise de rôle pour Pretty Yende

By Apolline Gouzi, 06 March 2020

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“les vertigineuses vocalises et les notes suraiguës s’enchaînent comme autant d’évidences”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Paris on 4 March 2020

Massenet, Manon

Opéra national de Paris

Dan Ettinger, Conductor

Vincent Huguet, Director

Aurélie Maestre, Set Designer

Clémence Pernoud, Costume Designer

Pretty Yende, Manon

Benjamin Bernheim, Le Chevalier Des Grieux

Ludovic Tézier, Lescaut

Roberto Tagliavini, Le Comte Des Grieux

Rodolphe Briand, Guillot de Morfontaine

Pierre Doyen, Monsieur de Brétigny

Cassandre Berthon, Poussette

Alix Le Saux, Javotte

Jeanne Ireland, Rosette

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

Jose Luis Basso, Choirmaster / chorus director

Bertrand Couderc, Lighting Designer

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Apolline Gouzi

Étudiante en musicologie au CNSMD de Paris et à l’École Normale Supérieure, Apolline Gouzi pratique le violon et le chant. Passionnée de musique anglaise, elle consacre ses recherches à la musique de Benjamin Britten. Elle travaille également sur les festivals de musique en France au lendemain de la seconde guerre mondiale.