Pretty Yende à l'heure des fêtes

By Roland Duclos, 28 December 2018

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“La douceur des nuances qu’elle atteint demeure une pure splendeur, un ravissement”

Reviewed at Opéra-Théâtre de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand on 20 December 2018

Works by Rossini

Works by Bellini

Works by Donizetti

Works by Debussy

Works by Liszt

Works by Puccini

Works by Herbert

Pretty Yende, Soprano

Michele D'Elia, Piano

Dudamel and Catalan choirs dazzle in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis

Néstor Castiglione, 20th February

In Los Angeles, Gustavo Dudamel conducts Beethoven's Missa solemnis for the first time... and it proves worth the wait.

*****

In Mears’ bleak Royal Opera Semele, Pretty Yende stands out

David Karlin, 30th June

Superb Handelian singing and intense character acting light up Handel’s Semele, staged as a stark, uncompromising indictment of the rich and powerful.

****1

Bernheim heads a powerhouse cast in the Met’s Hoffmann revival

Susan Stempleski, 24th September

After a heavily promoted but underwhelming opening night, the company gets the new season back on track with plenty of star power in Offenbach’s final masterpiece.

****1

Second episode in Jetske Mijnssen's Tudor trilogy opens in Naples

Lorenzo Fiorito, 20th June

This production focuses on the psychological and human aspects of the central characters, rather than on their political conflict, with Elizabeth playing a pivotal role.

***11

Amartuvshin Enkhbat’s Rigoletto conquers Covent Garden

David Karlin, 12th October

It's been a long wait since Cardiff Singer 2015, but the Mongolian baritone gives an outstanding vocal portrayal of Verdi’s doomed jester at the Royal Opera House.

****1

Pretty Yende tackles art song in Gstaad

David Karlin, 4th January

The South African soprano wows the audience with astonishing vocal and dramatic qualities – but do they stretch to a programme of art song?

***11

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Roland Duclos

Longtemps journaliste dans le Groupe La Montagne Centre-France et plus spécialement attaché au domaine culturel dans toute sa diversité. Avec une forte propension vers la musique classique. Avec la conviction héritée de Bourdieu que tous les arts ne font qu'un pour l'émancipation de l'individu, l'épanouissement de son sens critique et la liberté d'expression sans restriction aucune.