La Force du destin : Rustioni quitte l'Opéra de Lyon en beauté

La Force du destin

Jenny Anne Flory (Curra), Ricardo Massi (Don Alvaro), Hulkar Sabirova (Leonora)

Paolo Bordogna (Trabuco)

Ricardo Massi (Don Alvaro, sur chariot brancard), Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar (Don Carlo, à droite)

Ariunbaatar Gunbaatar (Don Carlo)

By Stéphane Lelièvre, 16 March 2025

Loading, please wait...

See full listing

“un tapis sonore d’une grande richesse et d’une somptueuse variété de couleurs”

Reviewed at Opéra Nouvel, Lyon on 14 March 2025

Verdi, La forza del destino

Opéra de Lyon

Daniele Rustioni, Conductor

Ersan Mondtag, Director, Set Designer

Teresa Vergho, Costume Designer

Henning Streck, Lighting Designer

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon

Chœurs de l'Opéra de Lyon

Hulkar Sabirova, Leonora

Ariunbaatar Ganbaatar, Don Carlo

Riccardo Massi, Don Alvaro

Michele Pertusi, Padre Guardiano

Maria Barakova, Preziosilla

Rafał Pawnuk, Marquis of Calatrava

Paolo Bordogna, Fra Melitone

Francesco Pittari, Trabuco

Jenny Anne Flory, Curra

Hugo Santos, Alcade

Benedict Kearns, Choirmaster / chorus director

Billy Budd, or the Triumph of Beauty at the Opéra de Lyon

Stéphane Lelièvre, 21st March

The Opéra de Lyon presents Britten’s masterpiece for the first time: a triumph, both visually and musically, which is received with great enthusiasm by the audience.

****1

All that glitters: Barrie Kosky's Coq d'or opens in Lyon

Mark Pullinger, 20th May

Its premiere postponed from Festival d'Aix last summer, Barrie Kosky's staging of Rimsky-Korsakov's political satire finally takes place in Lyon.

*****

Seeing double: Bluebeard’s Castle at Opéra de Lyon

Zoltán Szabó, 26th March

A controversial new production of Bluebeard's Castle by Andriy Zholdak in which Bartók's opera is played out twice...

**111

La Cenerentola in Edinburgh: comic direction to savour

David Karlin, 24th August

Herheim pulls us in unexpected directions, makes us laugh and makes us think as we enjoy fine Rossinian music and singing in Opéra de Lyon's production.

****1

Marton turns Don Giovanni into a wrist-slashing wimp

Jonathan Sutherland, 25th June

A disappointing new production by David Marton at Opéra de Lyon.

**111

Darkness and grandeur in Christophe Honoré's Don Carlos

Mark Pullinger, 17th March

A (nearly) complete performance of the original French version of Don Carlos forms the centrepiece of Daniele Rustioni's Verdi Festival in Lyon.

****1

More reviews...

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.