Kentridge s'en va-t-en guerre : le foudroyant Wozzeck de Bastille

By Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 31 March 2022

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“un imaginaire expressionniste saisissant”

Reviewed at Opéra national de Paris: Opéra Bastille, Paris on 27 March 2022

Berg, Wozzeck

Opéra national de Paris

Susanna Mälkki, Conductor

William Kentridge, Director

Sabine Theunissen, Set Designer

Greta Goiris, Costume Designer

Urs Schönebaum, Lighting Designer

Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris

Maîtrise des Hauts-de-Seine

Luc De Wit, Director

Catherine Meyburgh, Video

Eva-Maria Westbroek, Marie

Gerhard Siegel, Captain

Johan Reuter, Wozzeck

Falk Struckmann, Doctor

Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, Margret

Tansel Akzeybek, Andres

John Daszak, Drum Major

Heinz Göhrig, Madman

Tobias Westman, Second Apprentice

Mikhail Timoshenko, First Apprentice

Vincent Morell, Tenor

Chœur d'enfants de l'Opéra National de Paris

Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

Pomp meets ping-pong: Nixon in China lands again in Paris

David Karlin, 14th March

Excellent vocal acting from Thomas Hampson, Renée Fleming, Xiaomeng Zhang and a magnificent orchestral performance conducted by Kent Nagano can't make Valentina Carrasco's production fully grip.

***11

Thomas Adès’ high-flying Exterminating Angel in Paris

Erwan Gentric, 29th February

The French premiere of the British composer's opera will be the undisputed high point of the Grande Boutique's season: a perfect confluence of music, staging and cast.

*****

Shock and awe in Paris with Bernstein's A Quiet Place

David Karlin, 9th March

In the expert hands of both director Warlikowski and conductor Kent Nagano, the sequel to Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti proves to be even darker and more dramatic.

*****

A long road to nowhere for Igor at the Bastille

Mark Pullinger, 1st December

Barrie Kosky's makes a limited impact in his debut at Opéra de Paris, apart from an hallucinogenic Polovtsian Dances.

***11

Les Indes galantes: with Alarcón, Rameau conquers the Bastille

Philippe Ramin, 28th September

The new production of Les Indes galantes at Opéra Bastille is exceptional, from the vocal cast to the choreography by Bintou Dembélé. But the stand-out performance of the evening comes from conductor Leonardo Garcia Alarcón.

*****

Don Giovanni according to Ivo van Hove: a puritan despite himself?

Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 16th June

Don Giovanni returns to the Palais Garnier. The production by Ivo van Hove lacks energy but is wonderfully served by a cast of great young talents.

***11

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Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut

Amoureux des arts, Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut évolue parallèlement dans les univers de la littérature et de la musique. Ancien khâgneux du Lycée Henri IV, lauréat du Concours Général en Histoire, il a étudié le violon à l'Université des Arts de Berlin et au Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon. Féru d'orchestre et d'opéra, il a su trouver son équilibre sur Bachtrack où, parallèlement à ses études musicales, il anime la chronique « L'Abécédaire d'un jeune violoniste », consacrée à ses tribulations dans le microcosme très fermé des musiciens classiques.