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Pulcinella and L’Heure Espagnole

Estonian National Opera HouseTallinn, Harju, Estonie
Dates/horaires selon le fuseau horaire de Tallinn
jeudi 18 septembre 202519:00
vendredi 19 septembre 202519:00
samedi 06 décembre 202519:00
dimanche 07 décembre 202515:00
dimanche 21 décembre 202515:00
Artistes
Estonian National Opera
Arvo VolmerDirection
Kaspar MändDirection
Guillaume GallienneMise en scène
Sylvie OlivéDécors
Olivier BériotCostumes
John TorresLumières
Estonian National Opera Orchestra
Marie Lambert-Le BihanDramaturgie
Juuli LillMezzo-sopranoPulcinella
Aule UrbMezzo-sopranoPulcinella
Rafael DicentaTénorPulcinella
Yixuan WangTénorPulcinella
Raiko RaalikBassePulcinella
Priit VolmerBassePulcinella

L'Heure espagnole

Helen LokutaMezzo-sopranoConcepción
Karis TrassMezzo-sopranoConcepción
Mart MadisteTénorTorquemada
Reigo TammTénorTorquemada
Tamar NugisBarytonRamiro
René SoomBarytonRamiro
Mart LaurBasseDon Iñigo Gomez
Priit VolmerBasseDon Iñigo Gomez
Brayan Avila MartinezTénorGonzalve
Heldur Harry PõldaTénorGonzalve

Pulcinella

Leonide MassineChorégraphiePulcinella

“Pulcinella” tells a story about a vivid commedia dell’arte character, rogue Pulcinella whose cheeky charm helps him to woo other men’s lovers and saves him from intricate plans of revenge …

When the director of Ballets Russes, Sergei Diaghilev proposed that Igor Stravinsky write a ballet with songs based on Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s (1710–1736) music and a commedia dell’arte libretto, Stravinsky thought that Diaghilev must be out of his mind. After having acquainted himself with the musical material that included also music of some less know Italian composers, he was hooked, “I took a look at the music and fell in love!”. The commission resulted in an artistic pearl that combines song and dance, Stravinsky’s musical humour and Pablo Picasso’s designs.

“L’Heure espagnole”

A story about a woman yearning for a love affair, an unsuspecting husband, three concealed lovers and a room full of clocks ...

The opera is based on Franc-Nohain’s eponymous play that premiered in 1904 that in its clear and realistic expression opposed Symbolism that had emerged in the 19th century France and was popularised by Mallarmé, Verlaine and Maeterlinck. The colourful characters and events of the play offered Ravel a chance to experiment with musical means and sonorities. We can hear clocks chiming in various rhythms and characteristic Spanish dances, such as habanera and jota. The critique of Ravel’s first opera can be summed up with an opinion published after the premiere: “This is a musical comedy that is full of brilliant clockwork and seductive joie de vivre – Ravel’s first opera is a masterpiece, bristling with dazzling music!”

Pulcinella par Guillaume Gallienne, nos comptes-rendus

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