Richard Cœur de Lion accueilli en grande pompe à Versailles

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 11 October 2019

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“Ce spectacle plein de fraîcheur et de verve est servi au mieux par une équipe de jeunes chanteurs”

Reviewed at Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House, Versailles on 10 October 2019

Grétry, Richard Cœur de Lion

Hervé Niquet, Conductor

Marshall Pynkoski, Director

Antoine Fontaine, Set Designer

Camille Assaf, Costume Designer

Reinoud Van Mechelen, Blondel

Rémy Mathieu, Richard

Melody Louledjian, Laurette

Marie Perbost, Antonio

Geoffroy Buffière, Williams

Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin, Florestan, Mathurin, Urbain

François Pardailhé, Guillot

Cécile Achille, Madame Mathurin, Colette

Le Concert Spirituel

Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, Choreography

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The young Handel's homage to Counter Reformation Rome, La resurrezione, is effectively brought to life by Opera Atelier with glittering sets and fine, stylish singing.

****1

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****1

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Laura Servidei, 2nd December

Opera Atelier presents a double bill at the Royal Opera in Versailles filled with Baroque dancing, scenery and music.

***11

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***11

High-concept Handel can't obscure spectacular singing

Catherine Kustanczy, 23rd October

Opera Atelier’s latest production mixes traditional-specific touches the company is known for, and more high-concept inclusions. The results are mixed — but the singing is spectacular.

**111

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Stéphane Lelièvre

Stéphane Lelièvre est maître de conférences en littérature comparée. Il est responsable de l’équipe « Littérature et musique » du Centre de Recherche en Littérature Comparée à la Faculté des Lettres de Sorbonne Universités. Spécialiste des romantismes allemand et français, il s’intéresse d’une manière générale aux liens entre les lettres et la musique, et donc particulièrement à l’opéra.