Pretty Yende au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées : champagne !

By Jean-Marc Piriou, 30 June 2017

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“on apprécie toutes les facettes de cette voix généreuse dont la chair touche le cœur du spectateur”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 28 June 2017

Rossini, Le Comte Ory: En proie à la tristesse

Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa

Bellini, Beatrice di Tenda: Respiro io qui

Donizetti, Linda di Chamounix: Oh luce di quest'anima

Massenet, Manon: Je marche sur tous les chemins

Verdi, Nabucco: Overture

Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor: Spargi d'amaro pianto

Meyerbeer, Dinorah, ou Le Pardon de Ploërmel: Ombre légère qui suis mes pas

Pretty Yende, Soprano

Quentin Hindley, Conductor

Orchestre de Picardie

Par monts et par fjords

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****1

Dudamel and Catalan choirs dazzle in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis

Néstor Castiglione, 20th February

In Los Angeles, Gustavo Dudamel conducts Beethoven's Missa solemnis for the first time... and it proves worth the wait.

*****

In Mears’ bleak Royal Opera Semele, Pretty Yende stands out

David Karlin, 30th June

Superb Handelian singing and intense character acting light up Handel’s Semele, staged as a stark, uncompromising indictment of the rich and powerful.

****1

Bernheim heads a powerhouse cast in the Met’s Hoffmann revival

Susan Stempleski, 24th September

After a heavily promoted but underwhelming opening night, the company gets the new season back on track with plenty of star power in Offenbach’s final masterpiece.

****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.

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Amartuvshin Enkhbat’s Rigoletto conquers Covent Garden

David Karlin, 12th October

It's been a long wait since Cardiff Singer 2015, but the Mongolian baritone gives an outstanding vocal portrayal of Verdi’s doomed jester at the Royal Opera House.

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Jean-Marc Piriou

Diplômé de l’École Centrale Paris et titulaire d’un Doctorat en Biophysique Moléculaire, Jean-Marc occupe différentes fonctions dans le secteur de l’environnement. Passionné de musique depuis l’enfance, il étudie le saxophone, le piano, puis se forme au chant lyrique (ténor). S’il s’intéresse à tous les styles et toutes les formes de musique, l’opéra est sa grande passion.