Un Messie crescendo à Lyon

By Elodie Martinez, 04 April 2015

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Reviewed at Chapelle de la Trinité, Lyon on 2 April 2015

Handel, Messiah

Ensemble Matheus

Gildas Pungier, Conductor

Chœur Mélisme(s)

Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Violin

Adriana Kučerová, Soprano

David DQ Lee, Countertenor

Julien Behr, Tenor

Jussi Lehtipuu, Bass

A female voice florilegium: Vivaldi's Juditha triumphans in Paris

Laura Servidei, 11th February

A great performance of Vivaldi's only surviving oratorio, with Marie-Nicole Lemieux as the protagonist, under the baton of Jean-Chirstophe Spinosi.

****1

A female voice florilegium: Vivaldi's Juditha triumphans in Paris

Laura Servidei, 11th February

A great performance of Vivaldi's only surviving oratorio, with Marie-Nicole Lemieux as the protagonist, under the baton of Jean-Chirstophe Spinosi.

****1

Camels and comic capers in Algiers: Italiana in Salzburg

Mark Pullinger, 8th August

Cecilia Bartoli is joined by frequent collaborators Moshe Leiser and Patrice Caurier in a fun-filled Rossini farce full of Italian sunshine. Big grins all round.

*****

A stormy reception for Rossini's Otello in Paris

Mark Pullinger, 7th April

Verdi’s Otello opens with a fierce storm raging over Cyprus. In Rossini’s version, composed 71 years earlier in 1816, the composer eschewed the Cypriot setting entirely and the storm doesn’t take place until Act III, although last night a mighty crack of thunder resounded over the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées as the audience filed into the opera house.

****1

Le nozze di Teti, e di Peleo: Rossini rarities in rare quality at the Theater an der Wien

Snapdragon, 26th February

In times where musical luxury is sometimes associated with having a pop star perform a short “Happy Birthday” and a handful of songs in a private performance – and for a usually undisclosed (and indecent) fee, having a whole piece of music composed for an occasion, or organising a private performance by a famous orchestra, is almost unimaginable.

****1

Sex, wine and bel canto bliss: Le Comte Ory at the Theater an der Wien

Snapdragon, 20th February

When Jean-Christophe Spinosi stepped onto the podium to conduct Le Comte Ory that night, he didn’t wait for his applause to cease, but instantly cued a hearty forte from the Ensemble Matheus, and consequently a few incredulous looks from the audience.

*****

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Elodie Martinez

Actuellement en doctorat de Littérature et Langue française à Lyon, Elodie Martinez travaille sur une thèse interdisciplinaire portant sur les représentations de Médée dans l'ensemble des arts. Passionnée par l'opéra depuis quelques années, elle étudie le violon et le chant. Elle est également rédactrice pour le site www.toutelaculture.com dans les rubriques "Musique Classique", "Opéra" et "Livres".

Un Messie crescendo à Lyon avec l'ensemble Matheus