Otello sonne creux au George Enescu Festival

Zubin Mehta dirige Otello au George Enescu Festival

Anastasia Bartoli (Desdemona)

Otello au George Enescu Festival

By Erwan Gentric, 01 September 2023

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“Zubin Mehta conserve une maîtrise absolue des équilibres ainsi qu’une science de l’accompagnement”

Reviewed at Palace Hall (Sala Palatului), Bucharest on 28 August 2023

Verdi, Otello (concert performance)

Zubin Mehta, Conductor

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino

Nona Ciobanu, Video, Sound artist

Fabio Sartori, Otello

Anastasia Bartoli, Desdemona

Luca Salsi, Iago

Eleonora Filipponi, Emilia

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Erwan Gentric

Initié dès son plus jeune âge à la musique classique, par l’étude du piano d’abord, puis par les affinités électives entretenues avec quelques disques des rayonnages familiaux, Erwan mène désormais de front l’exercice de la critique musicale pour Bachtrack et Diapason, ainsi qu’un doctorat de musicologie à l’École Pratique des Hautes Études. Soutenues par une bourse de la Fondation Royaumont, ses recherches portent sur l’Association artistique des Concerts Colonne de 1873 à 1910.