Bosch Beach, l’esthétique de la perdition

By Jan-Jakob Delanoye, 14 September 2016

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“la mise en scène de Kris Verdonck est intense car dénuée de toute sensibilité éthique”

Reviewed at Concertgebouw Brugge: Concert Hall, Bruges on 10 September 2016

Mendonça, Bosch Beach (création mondiale)

LOD muziektheater

Etienne Siebens, Conductor

Kris Verdonck, Director

Eefje Wijnings, Set Designer

Andrea Kränzlin, Costume Designer

Rodrigo Ferreira, Countertenor

Damien Pass, Baritone

Marion Tassou, Soprano

Het Muziek (formerly Asko|Schönberg)

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John Gilks, 7th May

Excellent performances cannot turn a conventional production of Massenet’s Werther into a dramatic experience for the 21st century.

***11

Rossini's Cenerentola proves great fun in Adelaide

Sandra Bowdler, 7th May

Neil Armfield's production for State Opera South Australia combines a sparkling night of entertainment with first class musical values.

****1

Peter Grimes drops anchor again at The Royal Opera

Christopher Woodley, 5th May

Allan Clayton and Sir Bryn Terfel lead a strong cast in a revival of Deborah Warner's dark staging of Britten's signature work at Covent Garden.

****1

The early flowering of opera: a fragrant L’Orfeo at Schwetzingen

Mengguang Huang, 3rd May

Markus Bothe’s Botticelli-inspired production fuses tableau vivant aesthetics with Jörg Halubek’s surgical musical precision, offering a peerless, vivid tribute to the fragrant dawn of opera.

****1

Boston Doodle Dandy: Boston Lyric Opera presents La Fille du régiment

Kevin Wells, 1st May

Very few singers can hold an audience in the palm of their hand the way Brenda Rae as Marie does in this rollicking frolic.

****1

Deep into the American psyche: Carlisle Floyd’s Of Mice and Men

Hilary Stroh, 1st May

Carlisle Floyd's operatic setting of John Steinbeck’s classic novella is given a new production in the composer's centenary year at the Lyric Opera of Kansas City.

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Jan-Jakob Delanoye

Médecin généraliste, Jan-Jakob Delanoye aime passer du temps en compagnie de l’intemporel – musique classique, opéra, théâtre, littérature, cinéma et arts plastiques. Il propose régulièrement des critiques.