L’époustouflant Oedipus Rex de Peter Sellars

By Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 21 July 2016

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“le tout aussi exigeant Esa-Pekka Salonen effectue un travail remarquable”

Reviewed at Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence on 15 July 2016

Stravinsky, Oedipus Rex

Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor

Peter Sellars, Director

Dunya Ramicova, Costume Designer

Violeta Urmana, Jocasta

Joseph Kaiser, Oedipus

Joshua Stewart, Shepherd

Sir Willard White, Creon / Messenger

Philharmonia Orchestra

Orphei Drängar

Gustaf Sjökvists Chamber Choir

Vokalensemble

Pauline Cheviller, Actor

Alin Folke, Choirmaster / chorus director

Julia Bullock in Meditations for Joséphine at Adelaide Festival

Sandra Bowdler, 3rd March

A challenging depiction of Joséphine Baker brilliantly performed by Julia Bullock under the direction of Peter Sellars at the Adelaide Festival.

****1

Peter Sellars directs Italian debut of Kaija Saariaho’s Adriana Mater

Pia Maltri, 11th October

This co-production, previously seen in San Francisco, is more of a semi-staging, convinces thanks to committed performances from a cast led by Fleur Barron.

****1

Matthew Aucoin's Music for New Bodies at Lincoln Center

Kurt Gottschalk, 10th July

Aucoin, librettist Jorie Graham and director Peter Sellars make New Bodies more a haunting mood piece than a cautionary tale for the American Modern Opera Company.

****1

Bach cantatas, American spirituals, global calamity

Kurt Gottschalk, 21st May

The Gospel according to Peter Sellars: an intermingling of Bach’s cantatas and American spirituals depicts an environmental message that the impending end won’t be personal, but global.

***11

Light and shadows in Rattle and Sellars' Médée at Staatsoper Berlin

Elena Luporini, 19th November

Reuniting two old friends and collaborators, the Staatsoper Berlin presents a new production of Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Médée, with mixed results.

***11

An unlikely meeting of Morton Feldman and the blues

Kurt Gottschalk, 27th September

Sorey’s instrumentation mirrors Feldman’s Rothko Chapel in a moving evening of musical high drama at Park Avenue Armory.

*****

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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.

Mythe des origines, récritures et palimpsestes : l’époustouflant Oedipus Rex de Peter Sellars