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A child's world comes magically to life in Ravel's one-act lyric fantasy L'Enfant et les sortilèges in a beautiful production by the young singers of Samling Academy.

A split-level stage featuring an ornate stairwell and scaffolding was the setting for this the tenth Jette Parker Young Artists’ Summer Performance. Entitled ‘Veneziana’, the specially compiled programme embodied the visions of Venice dreamt by Rossini, Donizetti, Britten and Offenbach in six sets of Opera Scenes.

L’unique opéra de Debussy surprend agréablement, la qualité de la distribution et de la mise en scène de Patrice Caurier et Moshe Leiser compensant largement la réduction de l'orchestre au seul piano en accompagnement.