Bright, bold, barking: Les Mamelles de Tirésias at Glyndebourne

Les Mamelles de Tirésias

Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Elle)

40,049 babies

Régis Mengus (Husband), Elsa Benoit (Thérèse)

François Piolino (Monsieur Lacouf), Christophe Gay (Monsieur Presto)

Von David Karlin, 07 August 2022

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“Pelly’s staging and Caroline Ginet’s set designs are packed with surprises”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne, am 6 August 2022

Poulenc, La Voix humaine

Poulenc, Les Mamelles de Tirésias

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Robin Ticciati, Musikalische Leitung

Laurent Pelly, Regie, Kostüme

Caroline Ginet, Bühnenbild

Urs Schönebaum, Licht

London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Jean-Jacques Delmotte, Kostüme

Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Elle

Elsa Benoit, Thérèse

Régis Mengus, The husband

Gyula Orendt, Theatre director, A gendarme

François Piolino, Monsieur Lacouf

Christophe Gay, Monsieur Presto

Loïc Félix, A reporter from Paris

Julie Pasturaud, Newspaper seller

James Way, The son

Amy Holyland, A woman

Rhiain Taylor, An elegant lady

Michael Ronan, A bearded gentleman

Glyndebournes erste Tosca: stimmlich stark, dramatisch unausgereift

David Karlin, 21st May

Ted Huffman wartet mit einigen interessanten Ideen in seiner ersten Inszenierung in Glyndebourne auf. Leider wird das exzellente Singen durch gleichgültiges Schauspielen getrübt.

***11

A deli-cious revival of Rossini’s Il turco in Italia at Glyndebourne

Dominic Lowe, 23rd May

Mariame Clément’s production of Rossini's meta comedy is tightly revived with some excellent singing. Come for the writing tips, stay for the cured meats.

****1

Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová

Mark Valencia, 3rd August

Damiano Michieletto’s production of Janáček’s opera breaks a key tenet of high-concept opera: where it should reveal, it obfuscates.

***11

All the world’s a jest: Falstaff returns to Glyndebourne

Mark Pullinger, 23rd July

Richard Jones' 2009 production returns to Glyndebourne after a long absence, but the 1940s comedy scrubs up fresh.

***11

A strong new Figaro opens at Glyndebourne

Dominic Lowe, 29th June

Mariame Clément is a popular director at Glyndebourne, and her new production of Figaro shows her trademark approach to hardhitting comedy.

****1

Glyndebourne's Saul still packs a punch 10 years on

Nick Boston, 8th June

Returning from the original run, Christopher Purves and Iestyn Davies were joined by a strong cast and chorus for a revival of Barrie Kosky's striking production.

*****

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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.

Bright, bold and barking mad: Les Mamelles de Tirésias brings the house down in Glyndebourne's Poulenc double bill