Méphistophélès, the master puppeteer

Par Katherine Syer, 20 mars 2018

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“Christian van Horn negotiated the ruthless side of Méphistophélès with sinister debonair charm”

Critique faite à Lyric Opera House, Chicago, le 18 mars 2018

Gounod, Faust

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Emmanuel Villaume, Direction

Kevin Newbury, Mise en scène

Victoria "Vita" Tzykun, Décors, Costumes

Ailyn Pérez, Marguerite

Benjamin Bernheim, Faust

Christian Van Horn, Méphistophélès

Edward Parks, Valentin

Jill Grove, Marthe

Annie Rosen, Siebel

Chicago Lyric Opera Chorus

Chicago Lyric Opera Orchestra

Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera brings Spanish to the Lyric Opera

Graham Meyer, 29th March

The Lyric Opera of Chicago's presentation of El último sueño de Frida y Diego brings the Mexican artists to life... or at least a life reminiscent of their real ones.

****1

Sir David McVicar’s psychologically driven Salome arrives in Chicago

Graham Meyer, 25th January

Revived at Lyric Opera of Chicago, the notorious opera director’s take stirs sympathy for Salome, but leans on some of his theatrical hobby-horses

****1

Missy Mazzoli’s The Listeners takes its Chicago bow

Graham Meyer, 2nd April

Lyric Opera of Chicago's production of Missy Mazzoli's opera, which the company co-commissioned, has strong, dramatic, expressive music throughout, but the story lacks continuity.

**111

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Graham Meyer, 9th November

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****1

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Graham Meyer, 14th September

Through brilliant singing and layered acting, Javier Camarena, Mané Galoyan, and Igor Golovatenko drive a Rigoletto to warm a traditionalist's heart.

****1

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Cameron Kelsall, 12th November

Claus Guth's production foregrounds the regimented, repressive world that drives the plot of Janáček’s tragic masterpiece.

*****

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Katherine Syer

Katherine Syer is a Los Angeles-based writer/editor, public scholar, and dramaturg following a teaching career at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and UCLA

Méphistophélès, master puppeteer: a new Faust at Lyric Opera of Chicago