Sabine Devieilhe transfigure le Requiem de Pygmalion

Sabine Devieilhe

Raphaël Pichon

Stéphane Degout

By Pierre Michel, 21 May 2025

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“une interprétation d’anthologie du Requiem”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 20 May 2025

Berlioz, Tristia: Méditation religieuse

Thomas, Hamlet (extraits)

Berlioz, Tristia: Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d'Hamlet

Fauré, Requiem, Op.48 (version 1900)

Ensemble Pygmalion

Raphaël Pichon, Conductor

Sabine Devieilhe, Soprano

Stéphane Degout, Baritone

Luigi Rossi's Orfeo makes it a hat trick for Pygmalion in Adelaide

Sandra Bowdler, 4th March

A wonderful performance of a hitherto little known 17th-century version of the Orpheus legend is performed by Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion at the Adelaide Festival.

****1

Totally stunning Monteverdi Vespers by Pygmalion at Adelaide Festival

Sandra Bowdler, 2nd March

It is hard to imagine a better performance of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 than this one by the French ensemble Pygmalion under the direction of Raphaël Pichon.

*****

Good Night World: Pygmalion opens the Adelaide Festival in style

Sandra Bowdler, 27th February

The French ensemble Pygmalion enraptures the audience at the first night of the Adelaide Festival with a concert of music by JS Bach and his predecessors.

****1

Implacable Werther at Opéra-Comique from Pichon and Huffman

Romain Daroles, 19th January

Tight orchestral playing, minimalist stage design: the conductor and director are perfectly in tune with each other, transforming Massenet's work into an intimate and timeless drama.

****1

Luxury casting in Aix for a radiantly transcendent St Matthew Passion

Stephen Pritchard, 2nd April

Even outstanding soloists had to wait their turn in this Rolls-Royce performance in Aix-en-Provence.

*****

Operatic magic: Ercole Amante at the Opéra Comique

Jean-Marc Piriou, 6th November

Voices, orchestra staging: everything in this Ercole Amante is light and magic, to the great delight of the Salle Favart audience.

*****

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Pierre Michel

Né dans une famille de musiciens, Pierre suit un cursus varié au sein du Conservatoire de Meudon, entre piano (DEM) et contrebasse, récital et orchestre, classique et jazz. Aujourd'hui ingénieur dans la gestion et l'analyse de données, il fréquente très assidûment les salles de concert de la région parisienne pour consolider et approfondir sa passion pour la musique classique. Pour ne pas manquer ses prochains articles, rendez-vous sur son compte Instagram ricerc_art.

Sabine Devieilhe transfigure le Requiem de Pygmalion à la Philharmonie