Gergiev et le Mariinsky touchent le Graal : Parsifal à la Philharmonie

By Tristan Labouret, 24 September 2019

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“la formation propose une incarnation exceptionnelle du texte wagnérien”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 22 September 2019

Wagner, Parsifal (concert performance)

Mariinsky Opera

Valery Gergiev, Conductor

Alexey Markov, Amfortas

Evgeny Nikitin, Klingsor

Yulia Matochkina, Kundry

Mikhail Vekua, Parsifal

Yuri Vorobiev, Gurnemanz

Andrei Ilyushnikov, First knight of the Grail

Gleb Periazev, Titurel

Maryna Shuklina, A voice from on high

Oleg Losev, Fourth squire

Andrei Zorin, Third squire

Yuri Vlasov, Second knight of the Grail

Anna Denisova, First Flowermaiden / First Group

Oxana Shilova, Second Flowermaiden / First Group

Kira Loginova, Third Flowermaiden / First Group

Anastasia Kalagina, First Flowermaiden / Second Group

Gelena Gaskarova, Second Flowermaiden / Second Group

Yekaterina Sergeyeva, Third Flowermaiden / Second Group

Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra

Mariinsky Theatre Chorus

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David Karlin, 20th June

In Tarkovsky's venerable production, the Mariinsky orchestra and chorus are brilliant – but too brilliant for their soloists, including two replacement Borises for an indisposed Mikhail Petrenko.

***11

Intoxicating, mystic, sacred, profane

David Karlin, 19th June

Rodion Shchedrin's opera mixes singing, choreography and storytelling to lend a potent sacred and mystic overlay to Nikolai Leskov's folk tale.

*****

Netrebko takes on Adriana Lecouvreur at the Mariinsky

David Karlin, 18th June

Isabelle Patriot-Pieri's new production is a quirky mix of traditional and the opposite; Netrebko shows her star quality; Eyvasov impresses.

****1

Mariinsky Rheingold a promising start to EIF Ring

David Smythe, 15th August

Valery Gergiev conducts the Mariinsky Opera in a vocally strong Das Rheingold, a promising beginning to Edinburgh International Festival’s Ring in concert over the coming years.

****1

Conflict Unresolved: The Enchanted Wanderer

Jacob Slattery, 14th January

Shchedrin’s opera The Enchanted Wanderer is the complete opposite of shocking and director Alexei Stepanyuk’s staging alongside Valery Gergiev’s command over the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra revealed something of a translucid daydream.

***11

The Mariinsky Ring concludes in Birmingham

Rohan Shotton, 9th November

Valery Gergiev brings George Tsypin's Ring staging to a spectacular close with Götterdämmerung in Birmingham.

****1

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.