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Une saint Jean à fleur de peau mais sans chair au Châtelet

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“Les Talens Lyriques ont rarement sonné avec tant de soyeux”
Reviewed at Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris on 4 June 2021
Bach, St John Passion, BWV245
Calixto Bieito, Director
Aída Leonor Guardia, Set Designer
Ingo Krügler, Costume Designer
Michael Bauer, Lighting Designer
Les Talens Lyriques
Chœur de Paris
Philippe Pierlot, Conductor
Benjamin Appl, Baritone
Joshua Ellicott, Tenor
Lenneke Ruiten, Soprano
Carlos Mena, Countertenor
Robert Murray, Tenor
Andreas Wolf, Bass
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