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Louis Langrée begins final week with Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

By David Wolfson, 08 August 2023

Langrée's incoherent but enjoyable program skips through five centuries of music history from Lully to Valerie Coleman.

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New York City

08 Aug 2023

Louis Langrée begins final week with Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

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Langrée pairs ambitious premiere with uneven Mass in C minor at Mostly Mozart

By David Wolfson, 25 July 2023

The world premiere of Iraqi-American composer Amir ElSaffar's ambitious Dhikra (Remembrance) very nearly succeeds in its ambitions.

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New York City

25 Jul 2023

Langrée pairs ambitious premiere with uneven Mass at Mostly Mozart

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Deliciously not Disney: Grétry's Zémire et Azor at the Opéra Comique

By David Karlin, 29 June 2023

Grétry's mash-up of Beauty and the Beast and The Arabian Nights provides an evening of proper enchantment in Paris.

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Paris

29 Jun 2023

Deliciously not Disney: Zémire et Azor at Opéra Comique

By David Karlin

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Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra offers a Requiem for itself

By David Wolfson, 05 August 2022

Amid an uncertain future for the Mostly Mozart Festival, conductor Louis Langrée led a fiery program that overflowed with rage rather than grief.

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New York City

05 Aug 2022

Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra offers a Requiem for itself

By David Wolfson

Langrée conducts Cincinnati Symphony in colorful, folk-inspired concert

By Sam Jacobson, 26 February 2021

The CSO packed much excitement into an hour-long program, featuring folk-inspired works of Walker and Kodály, along with the irresistible charm of Shostakovich’s Second Piano Concerto.

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Cincinnati

26 Feb 2021

Langrée conducts Cincinnati Symphony in folk-inspired concert

By Sam Jacobson

You Have the Right to Remain Silent: Anthony McGill performs Anthony Davis in Cincinnati

By Timothy Robson, 21 November 2020

Music Director Louis Langrée leads a program of Schubert, Julia Perry's Homunculus CF and Anthony Davis's You Have the Right to Remain Silent, featuring Anthony McGill as an outstanding clarinet soloist.

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Cincinnati

21 Nov 2020

You Have the Right to Remain Silent: Anthony McGill in Cincinnati

By Timothy Robson

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra celebrates America the beautiful

By Cameron Kelsall, 26 September 2020

Classic works by Barber and Copland were performed alongside a contemporary composition that puts itself in conversation with the National Anthem.

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Cincinnati

26 Sep 2020

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra celebrates America the beautiful

By Cameron Kelsall

Louis Langrée makes his New York Philharmonic debut

By David Wolfson, 07 March 2020

Three of the pieces that Louis Langrée conducted in his New York Philharmonic debut concerts were similarly atmospheric and impressionistic, stealing each other’s thunder. Happily, the Scriabin was cathartic.

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New York City

07 Mar 2020

Louis Langrée makes his New York Philharmonic debut

By David Wolfson

Mozart and Brahms shine in a bold, romantic glow at New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival

By Linda Holt, 30 July 2019

Romanticized but highly enjoyable Mozart performances, monumental Brahms, but more gusto than tenderness characterized the program.

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New York City

30 Jul 2019

Mozart and Brahms shine in a bold, romantic glow

By Linda Holt

“A very palpable hit”: Degout and Devieilhe star in Hamlet revival at the Opéra Comique

By Mark Pullinger, 17 December 2018

Hamlet lives! Ambroise Thomas' operatic take on The Bard has a particularly French ending but that doesn't spoil this terrific revival in Paris.

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Paris

17 Dec 2018

Degout and Devieilhe star in Hamlet revival

By Mark Pullinger

Mostly Mozart concludes with a deeply-felt Requiem

By Sam Jacobson, 10 August 2018

The Mostly Mozart Festival ended its season with an all-Mozart program centered on the Requiem. Paired with that was a piano concerto with Stephen Hough and the rarely-heard Meistermusik.

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New York City

10 Aug 2018

Mostly Mozart concludes with a deeply-felt Requiem

By Sam Jacobson

London

Prom 58: Cinematic splendour and patriotic fervour from the Cincinnati Symphony

By Dominic Lowe, 27 August 2017

This was the first visit of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra to the Proms and in their native repetoire of Bernstein and Copland they had substantial success.

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London

27 Aug 2017

Cinematic splendour and patriotic fervour

By Dominic Lowe

Mostly Mozart pays homage to a muse named Clara Schumann

By Edward Sava-Segal, 16 August 2017

The program focused on the essential role that Clara Wieck-Schumann had in the artistic development of both Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms.

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New York City

16 Aug 2017

Mostly Mozart pays homage to a muse named Clara

By Edward Sava-Segal

Mostly Mozart opens in major key exuberance

By Robert Levine, 26 July 2017

Enlightenment indeed at Lincoln Center as the Mostly Mozart Festival opens with a gloriouds hodge-podge.

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New York City

26 Jul 2017

Mostly Mozart opens in major key exuberance

By Robert Levine

Manchester

Storming Tchaikovsky 4 from the Hallé and Louis Langrée

By Rohan Shotton, 18 January 2017

Louis Langrée conducts the Hallé in music by Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester

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Manchester

18 Jan 2017

Storming Tchaikovsky 4 from the Hallé

By Rohan Shotton

Morris' Mozart Dances at the Mostly Mozart Festival

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn, 24 August 2016

Mozart Dances is a great piece of work and when paired with Garrick Ohlsson and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, it’s a terrific night at the theater.

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New York City

24 Aug 2016

Mozart dances, Mark Morris

By Andrew Blackmore-Dobbyn

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra opens season with a bang

By Rafael de Acha, 25 September 2015

After an exhausting multiple rehearsal week the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra kicked off its current season with a rousing reading of Beethoven’s Fidelio Overture.

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Cincinnati

25 Sep 2015

Cincinnati season opens with a bang

By Rafael de Acha

Light in August: Haydn's Creation closes Mostly Mozart Festival

By Sacha Evans, 21 August 2015

Haydn’s late, lofty achievement has the august quality of a masterwork, coupled with cheerfulness befitting a summer series that ends in the month of August.

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New York City

21 Aug 2015

Light in August: Haydn's Creation in New York

By Sacha Evans

Mostly Kopatchinskaja – Martin, Bach, and Mozart close New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival

By Kevin W Ng, 23 August 2014

A blazing performance by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja and a mildly disappointing Mozart Requiem round off New York’s annual Mostly Mozart Festival

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New York City

23 Aug 2014

Mostly Kopatchinskaja – Martin, Bach, and Mozart

By Kevin W Ng

Berlin

Hilary Hahn and the Camerata Salzburg shine at the Berlin Konzerthaus

By Christie Franke, 01 October 2013

The Camerata Salzburg’s evening of Mozart, Enescu and Vaughan Williams at Berlin’s Konzerthaus was a crisp and bubbling performance that stimulated the intellect as well as the emotions. Beginning the evening with George Enescu’s Two Intermezzi for String Orchestra, the Camerata swept audience members away into a world gone, but too lovely to be forgotten.

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Berlin

01 Oct 2013

Hilary Hahn and the Camerata Salzburg shine at the Berlin Konzerthaus

By Christie Franke

Oldies but goodies: Joshua Bell at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York

By Bachtrack reviewer, 20 August 2013

Now in its fourth and final week, the Mostly Mozart Festival welcomed one of the biggest names on its lineup, Joshua Bell, to Avery Fisher Hall as guest soloist. Music Director Louis Langrée conducted the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra in a program of Mozart and Tchaikovsky.

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New York City

20 Aug 2013

Oldies but goodies: Joshua Bell at the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York

By Bachtrack reviewer

The Met's soul-searing Dialogues des Carmélites can't be missed

By Gale Martin, 04 May 2013

Not a new production, the Metropolitan Opera’s staging of Dialogues des Carmélites, originally directed by John Dexter in 1977, was nonetheless fresh and compelling in its approach and not at all tired, despite its age.

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New York City

04 May 2013

The Met: Dialogues des Carmélites

By Gale Martin

Death and life: Lutosławski, Bartók, and Mozart at the Mostly Mozart Festival

By Bachtrack reviewer, 10 August 2012

New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival continued Friday evening with three works, all marvelous and presented in reverse-chronological order. After Witold Lutosławski’s Muzyka żałobna, the orchestra and conductor Louis Langrée were joined by French pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet for Bartók’s Piano Concerto no. 3, and the concert concluded with Mozart’s Symphony no. 39 in E flat major.

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New York City

10 Aug 2012

Death and life: Lutosławski, Bartók, and Mozart at the Mostly Mozart Festival

By Bachtrack reviewer

Getting into the heads of Schubert, Berio, and Beethoven at the Mostly Mozart Festival

By Bachtrack reviewer, 07 August 2012

In their latest set of concerts, the Mostly Mozart Festival on Tuesday presented two works: one largely unknown, the other among the most beloved in the standard repertoire. The first, Luciano Berio’s 1989 Rendering, is fragmented and open-ended. The second, Beethoven’s Piano Concerto no. 5, “Emperor”, about as solid and decisive as they come.

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New York City

07 Aug 2012

Getting into the heads of Schubert, Berio, and Beethoven at the Mostly Mozart Festival

By Bachtrack reviewer

Mostly Mozart Festival: A disappointing start

By Bachtrack reviewer, 01 August 2012

This year’s Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center opened on Tuesday evening and, to put it encouragingly, there will certainly be room for improvement as the festival continues. (The present review relates to Wednesday’s performance of the same works.

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New York City

01 Aug 2012

Mostly Mozart Festival: A disappointing start

By Bachtrack reviewer

The Met in HD, Hamlet, 2010

By Nahoko Gotoh, 27 March 2010

Read our review of Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leise's production of Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet in its 2010 broadcast from the Met Opera in New York.

New York City

27 Mar 2010

The Met in HD, Hamlet, 2010

By Nahoko Gotoh

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La Chaise-Dieu

Le concert référence de Langrée, Degout et l'Opéra de Lyon à La Chaise-Dieu

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 28 August 2025

Le chef et les musiciens ont proposé des interprétations exceptionnelles dans un programme pourtant riche en tubes (Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, Bolero...).

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La Chaise-Dieu

28 Aug 2025

Concert référence de Langrée et l'Opéra de Lyon à La Chaise-Dieu

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau

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Un Faust diablement captivant à l’Opéra-Comique

By Pierre Michel, 21 June 2025

Une mise en scène ingénieuse et subtile signée Denis Podalydès du « théâtre total » de cette version originale de Faust, avec une distribution emmenée par un Jérôme Boutillier irrésistible.

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Paris

21 Jun 2025

Un Faust diablement captivant à l’Opéra-Comique

By Pierre Michel

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La reprise triomphale du Domino noir à l'Opéra-Comique

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 20 September 2024

La réjouissante mise en scène de Christian Hecq et Valérie Lesort fait son retour salle Favart six ans après, avec quelques changements de casting mais pour un succès inchangé.

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Paris

20 Sep 2024

La reprise triomphale du Domino noir à l'Opéra-Comique

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau

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Evian les Bains

La bacchanale des Siècles avec Louis Langrée en clôture des Rencontres Musicales d’Évian

By Rémi Monti, 06 July 2024

Le festival s'est achevé sur une belle première collaboration entre Les Siècles et Louis Langrée dans Daphnis et Chloé, avec Daniel Lozakovich en invité d'honneur dans le Concerto n° 3 de Saint-Saëns.

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Evian les Bains

06 Jul 2024

La bacchanale des Siècles avec Louis Langrée à Évian

By Rémi Monti

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L'Heure espagnole délurée de Louis Langrée et Guillaume Gallienne à l'Opéra-Comique

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 09 March 2024

L'opéra de Ravel remporte son match face au ballet de Stravinsky Pulcinella, plutôt décevant, alors que l'inénarrable Stéphanie d'Oustrac remporte un triomphe dans le rôle de Concepción.

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Paris

09 Mar 2024

L'Heure espagnole délurée de Langrée et Gallienne au Comique

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau

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Une Carmen à entendre plus qu’à voir à l’Opéra Comique

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau, 26 April 2023

Si la mise en scène d'Andreas Homoki déçoit tant elle est incompréhensible, la performance de Gaëlle Arquez dans le rôle-titre et les couleurs de l'Orchestre des Champs-Élysées dans la fosse méritent le détour.

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Paris

26 Apr 2023

Une Carmen à entendre plus qu’à voir à l’Opéra Comique

By Jean-Pierre Rousseau

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Louis Langrée, Bertrand Chamayou, Vincent Warnier et l'Orchestre des Champs-Élysées font une fête à Saint-Saëns à la Philharmonie

By Alain Lompech, 02 April 2023

Ce n'est pas tant à un concert mémorable qu'à une fête exceptionnelle, comme jaillie d'une époque révolue, que l'Orchestre des Champs-Élysées a convié les spectateurs de la Philharmonie.

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Paris

02 Apr 2023

Louis Langrée, Bertrand Chamayou et l'OCE font une fête à Saint-Saëns

By Alain Lompech

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Le rideau déchiré : Les Noces de Figaro selon Netia Jones à Garnier

By Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 23 November 2022

Une mise en scène aussi amusante que brillante d'intelligence, un plateau vocal au diapason et un orchestre des grands soirs : Les Noces de Figaro présentées au Palais Garnier ont tout pour plaire !

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Paris

23 Nov 2022

Le rideau déchiré : Les Noces de Figaro à Garnier

By Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut

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Rêver, peut-être : Hamlet revient hanter l’Opéra Comique

By Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 24 January 2022

De retour à l’Opéra Comique, l'œuvre d’Ambroise Thomas n’a rien perdu de son pouvoir de fascination, portée par deux des plus grandes voix du moment et par la mise en scène de Cyril Teste.

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Paris

24 Jan 2022

Rêver, peut-être : Hamlet revient hanter l’Opéra Comique

By Suzanne Lay-Canessa

Fortunio à l’Opéra Comique : la bonne fortune du chandelier

By Jean-Marc Piriou, 12 December 2019

En ce morne décembre, l’Opéra Comique offre avec Fortunio un somptueux festin musical et théâtral servi par des interprètes au sommet.

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Paris

12 Dec 2019

Fortunio à l’Opéra Comique : la bonne fortune du chandelier

By Jean-Marc Piriou

Louis Langrée et l’Orchestre des Champs-Élysées s’ouvrent à Ravel

By Tristan Labouret, 20 May 2019

Sous la baguette d'un de ses chefs favoris et en compagnie d'Anne Sofie von Otter, l'Orchestre des Champs-Élysées fait étape avenue Montaigne au début d'une tournée 100% Ravel.

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Paris

20 May 2019

Louis Langrée et l’Orchestre des Champs-Élysées s’ouvrent à Ravel

By Tristan Labouret

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Un Comte Ory de haut parage à l'Opéra Comique

By Jean-Marc Piriou, 19 December 2017

Le Comte Ory vient clore en apothéose la saison 2017 de l’Opéra Comique, avec à la manœuvre le tandem Louis Langrée et Denis Podalydès.

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Paris

19 Dec 2017

Un Comte Ory de haut parage à l'Opéra Comique

By Jean-Marc Piriou

Boulogne-Billancourt

Le rêve américain de Louis Langrée à la Seine musicale

By Tristan Labouret, 09 September 2017

Dernière étape de leur tournée européenne, le Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra et son directeur musical Louis Langrée se produisaient à la Seine musicale. La bannière étoilée ne flottait pas sur l’île Seguin, mais c’était tout comme : le programme mettait exclusivement à l’honneur les musiques du « Nouveau Monde ».

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Boulogne-Billancourt

09 Sep 2017

Le rêve américain de Louis Langrée à la Seine musicale

By Tristan Labouret