The sweet atmosphere of the end of a warm summer day and the gorgeous smell of fresh hay welcomed the spectators in to the impressive 12th-century walls, full of memories, of the Cistercian abbey of Noirlac. The venue adapted surprisingly well to the ancestral sonorities of Brahms’ German Requiem.
A compelling evening from the London Philharmonic Orchestra tackles different themes of spring, showing gracefulness in Lili Boulanger’s works and beating up a frenzy in Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
Massenet’s take on Goethe’s blockbuster novella of unrequited love and suicide is handled with great subtlety by Christof Loy and Marc Leroy-Calatayud. Benjamin Bernheim and Marina Viotti lead a starry vocal cast.
Two works premiered in Paris in 1913 – Lili Boulanger's Faust et Hélène and Stravinsky The Rite of Spring – excite the Edinburgh International Festival audience... but spark no riots.
Caroline est étudiante en musicologie à la Sorbonne et au Conservatoire de Paris. Depuis longtemps, elle se passionne pour la musique vocale et c’est plus particulièrement à l’art lyrique français de la fin du XIXe siècle qu’elle consacre ses recherches.
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