L'Orfeo de Monteverdi par Sir John Eliot Gardiner : la beauté du drame à l'état pur

By Julie Jozwiak, 09 November 2015

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“Toutes les tessitures sont audibles, justes, coordonnées, équilibrées, exaltées.”

Reviewed at Château de Versailles: Galerie des Glaces, Versailles on 8 November 2015

Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318

Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor

Francesca Aspromonte, Soprano

Mariana Flores, Soprano

Esther Brazil, Mezzo-soprano

James Hall, Countertenor

Krystian Adam, Tenor

Nicholas Mulroy, Tenor

Andrew Tortise, Tenor

Gareth Treseder, Tenor

Gianluca Buratto, Bass

David Shipley, Bass

Monteverdi Choir

Francesca Boncompagni, Soprano

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Julie Jozwiak

Après des études en lettres et musicologie ainsi qu’un master d’école de commerce, Julie Jozwiak s’est consacrée à la production de concerts classiques. Elle est harpiste, choriste et violoniste, mais se définit surtout comme mélomane passionnée, et affectionne aussi beaucoup la danse classique qu’elle a longtemps pratiquée. Son amour inconditionnel du spectacle vivant l’incite à se rendre quasi quotidiennement au concert, à l’opéra, au ballet, au théâtre… ou à tout autre type de performance scénique.