Les Horaces de Salieri : une lutte fratricide à l’Opéra de Versailles

By Anne-Laure Faubert, 18 October 2016

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“Une musique théâtrale qui marque profondément les esprits.”

Reviewed at Château de Versailles: Royal Opera House, Versailles on 15 October 2016

Salieri, Les Horaces

Christophe Rousset, Conductor

Jean-Sébastien Bou, Alter Horace

Julien Dran, Junger Horace

Cyrille Dubois, Curiace

Judith van Wanroij, Camille

Eugénie Lefebvre, Frau im Gefolge Camilles

Andrew Foster-Williams, Hohepriester, Römer

Philippe-Nicolas Martin, Albaner, Orakel

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Anne-Laure Faubert

Diplômée de Sciences-Po Paris, Anne-Laure y a également étudié l’art et la littérature. Elle travaille ensuite dans les secteurs privé et public où elle suit notamment les audits de grandes institutions culturelles. Elle tient un blog depuis 2010 sur le ballet, la musique baroque et les voyages et écrit pour une fondation. Elle a créé en 2014 une société de médiation culturelle axée sur le costume et en 2015 une marque de gastronomie culturelle.