Un Orfeo dans la retenue à Nancy

By Cristina Diego Pacheco, 24 February 2016

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“Raphaël Pichon nous livre une direction musicale d’une étonnante habileté et maturité”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Lorraine, Nancy on 4 February 2016

Rossi, Orfeo

Raphaël Pichon, Conductor

Jetske Mijnssen, Director

Ben Baur, Set Designer

Gideon Davey, Costume Designer

Judith van Wanroij, Orfeo/La Vittoria

Francesca Aspromonte, Euridice

Giuseppina Bridelli, Aristeo

Luigi De Donato, Pluto

Giulia Semenzato, Venere

Victor Torres, Endimione, Caronte

Marc Mauillon, Momo

Dominique Visse, Una vecchia

Ray Chenez, Nutrice

Ensemble Pygmalion

Chœur de Pygmalion

Renato Dolcini, Baritone

David Tricou

Alicia Amo, Soprano

Violaine Le Chenadec, Soprano

Lucile Richardot, Mezzo-soprano

Guillaume Guttierez, Tenor

Olivier Coiffet, Tenor

Virgile Ancely, Bass

Bernd Purkrabek, Lighting Designer

Handel’s Ariodante returns home to Covent Garden

Roy Westbrook, 9th December

Jetske Mijnssen’s house debut sees Handel’s opera transposed to a modern-day palace, with Emily D'Angelo angelic in the title role.

****1

Unhurried suspense in a very English Parsifal

Peter Quantrill, 17th May

Compelling singers carry the day in the Glyndebourne Festival Opera's first staging of Wagner’s swansong.

****1

Second episode in Jetske Mijnssen's Tudor trilogy opens in Naples

Lorenzo Fiorito, 20th June

This production focuses on the psychological and human aspects of the central characters, rather than on their political conflict, with Elizabeth playing a pivotal role.

***11

Crowning glory: DNO's Donizetti Tudor trilogy concludes

Eleanor Knight, 21st April

Angela Brower steals the crown in the final instalment of Jetske Mijnssen’s Donizetti trilogy with a voice of apparently limitless emotional range.

****1

Annalisa Stroppa's Giovanna triumphs in San Carlo's Anna Bolena

Lorenzo Fiorito, 8th June

The Italian mezzo-soprano makes her mark as Anne Boleyn's rival in Jetske Mijnssen's production in Naples.

****1

Outstanding voices, compelling drama: Maria Stuarda at DNO

David Karlin, 6th May

Extraordinary performances from Kristina Mkhitaryan and Aigul Akhmetshina turn Donizetti's take on Schiller into an intense psychological portrait of power struggle.

*****

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Cristina Diego Pacheco

Passionnée de musique ancienne, Cristina Diego Pacheco suit une formation musicale (piano, harmonie, clavecin, chant, direction de chœur) en même temps qu’elle étudie l’Histoire. Docteur en musicologie et maître de conférences à l’Université de Lorraine (Nancy), elle collabore régulièrement avec des magazines de musique classique et publie souvent sur des sujets liés à la musique de la Renaissance.