Mozart au galop : Minkowski et Bartabas à l’assaut de la Grande Seine Musicale

By Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 18 September 2017

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“les voix comme les cavaliers s’effleurent, se rencontrent, s'imitent.”

Reviewed at La Seine Musicale: Grande Seine, Boulogne-Billancourt on 15 September 2017

Mozart, Requiem in D minor, K626

Mozart, Motet in D major, "Ave verum Corpus", K618

Gaël Darchen, Director

Les Musiciens du Louvre

Ana Maria Labin, Soprano

Anthea Pichanick, Mezzo-soprano

Fabio Trümpy, Tenor

Callum Thorpe, Bass-baritone

Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine

Bartabas, Choreography

Les écuyers et chevaux de l’Académie équestre nationale du domaine de Versailles

Marc Minkowski, Conductor

All that glitters is not gold: Mitridate, Re di Ponto in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 4th December

The Staatsoper Unter den Linden's multi-seasonal Baroque project continues with a new production of Mozart's first opera seria, which roars and soars under the conducting of Marc Minkowski.

****1

Operetta with teeth: Offenbach’s La Périchole at the TCE

David Karlin, 13th November

Laurent Pelly’s new production combines froth and hilarity with a dark, satirical heart; Marc Minkowski and the orchestra seduce us.

****1

Christmas celebrations with Marc Minkowski

Zoltán Szabó, 13th December

An early Christmas celebration in Budapest, with four of Bach's cantatas from his Christmas Oratorio.

****1

Baroque sorcery: Handel's Alcina returns to the Staatsoper

Katherine Syer, 20th October

Baroque purists might prefer a more surefire line-up of brilliantly executed arias, but the theatrical framework of Adrian Noble's Alcina production offers a great deal.

****1

Cross-dressing abounds: Gluck's Armide

David Karlin, 19th October

Excellent playing from Les Musiciens du Louvre and a mixed vocal performance are matched by a staging by Ivan Alexandre likely to be controversial.

**111

Platée at Opéra Garnier : Folly in charge

Jean-Marc Piriou, 9th September

One has to admit that the 2015 vintage of this operatic Grand Cru, with us since 1999, is a particularly fine one. To be consumed with immoderation!

*****

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Suzanne Lay-Canessa

Docteure en littérature comparée, passionnée de langues, Suzanne a consacré sa thèse de doctorat à Jean-Sébastien Bach. Elle enseigne le français, la littérature et l’histoire de l’Opéra à l’Institute for American Universities et à Sciences Po Aix. Collaboratrice régulière du journal Zibeline, elle publie dans les rubriques Musiques, Livres, Cinéma, Spectacle vivant et Arts Visuels.