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Discrètes splendeurs du baroque : Didon et Enée en « opéra de poche » au Théâtre des Champs-Elysées

By Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 23 March 2016
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“Véronique Gens fut simplement sublime.”
Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 20 March 2016
Programme
Purcell, Dido and Aeneas
Performers
Aurore Bucher, 1st Enchantress
Dania El Zein, 2nd Woman, 2nd Enchantress
Hasnaa Bennani, Belinda
Véronique Gens, Dido
Marie-Laure Coenjaerts, Sorceress, Spirit
Denis Mignien, Sailor
Nicolas Rivenq, Aeneas
La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy
Jean-Claude Malgoire, Conductor
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Suzanne Lay-Canessa
Suzanne Lay-Canessa
Docteure en littérature comparée, passionnée de langues, Suzanne a consacré sa thèse de doctorat à Jean-Sébastien Bach. Elle enseigne le français, la littérature et l’histoire de l’Opéra à l’Institute for American Universities et à Sciences Po Aix. Collaboratrice régulière du journal Zibeline, elle publie dans les rubriques Musiques, Livres, Cinéma, Spectacle vivant et Arts Visuels.