Shakespeare servi à la sauce diable : Britten s’en pourlèche les babines…

By Thomas Muller, 22 November 2015

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“Soulignons l’extrême homogénéité du plateau de chanteurs qui furent tous totalement captivants.”

Reviewed at Grand Théâtre de Genève, Geneva on 20 November 2015

Britten, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Grand Théâtre de Genève

Steven Sloane, Conductor

Katharina Thalbach, Director

Ezio Toffolutti, Set Designer, Costume Designer

Christopher Lowrey, Oberon

Bernarda Bobro, Tytania

Anna Thalbach, Puck

Brandon Cedel, Theseus

Dana Beth Miller, Hippolyta

Shawn Mathey, Lysander

Stephan Genz, Demetrius

Stephanie Lauricella, Hermia

Mary Feminear, Helena

Alexey Tikhomirov, Bottom

Stuart Patterson, Flute

Erlend Tvinnereim, Snout

Michel de Souza, Starveling

Paul Whelan, Quince

Jérémie Brocard, Snug

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

Maîtrise du Conservatroire de Genève

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Thomas Muller

Podologue spécialisé en Education Thérapeutique du Patient et Diabétologie, chanteur, administrateur de choeur, fondateur d'orchestre et ancien hautboïste amateur, Thomas est passionné de musique et particulièrement vocale. Toujours sensible aux timbres des orchestres et de la capacité des musiciens de développer un chant musical qui provoque chez l'auditeur une émotion vraie, en dehors de tout intellectualisme.