Ensorcelant Médium de Menotti à l'Operafest de Lisbonne

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 30 August 2021

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“Une distribution parfaitement équilibrée (...), une artiste impressionnante dans le rôle-titre”

Reviewed at Jardim do Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon on 28 August 2021

Menotti, The Medium

Diogo Costa, Conductor

Sandra Faleiro, Director

Roberta Azevedo Gomes, Set Designer

Miss Susie, Costume Designer

Gi Carvalho, Lighting Designer

Cecília Rodrigues, Monica

Carla Simões, Mrs Gobineau

Ana Rita Coelho, Mrs Nolan

Cátia Moreso, Madame Flora (Baba)

Tiago Amado Gomes, Mr Gobineau

Benjamim Barroso, Toby

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Stéphane Lelièvre

Stéphane Lelièvre est maître de conférences en littérature comparée. Il est responsable de l’équipe « Littérature et musique » du Centre de Recherche en Littérature Comparée à la Faculté des Lettres de Sorbonne Universités. Spécialiste des romantismes allemand et français, il s’intéresse d’une manière générale aux liens entre les lettres et la musique, et donc particulièrement à l’opéra.