A great night for a Gounod rarity in Leipzig

Par Hugo Shirley, 22 mai 2017

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“a smart staging that wisely plumps for clarity of action”

Critique faite à Oper Leipzig, Leipzig, le 20 mai 2017

Gounod, Cinq-Mars

Oper Leipzig

David Reiland, Direction

Anthony Pilavachi, Mise en scène

Markus Meyer, Décors

Mathias Vidal, Le marquis de Cinq-Mars

Jonathan Michie, Le conseiller de Thou

Mark Schnaible, Père Joseph

Fabienne Conrad, Princesse Marie de Gonzague

Danae Kontora, Marion Delorme

Sejong Chang, Le roi

Sébastien Soulès, Le vicomte de Fontrailles

Keith Boldt, De Montmort

Sandra Maxheimer, Ninon de l'Enclos

Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Opernchor Leipzig

Leipziger Ballett

Julia Grunwald, Chorégraphie

Michael Röger, Lumières

Passions tragiques et couleurs étonnantes : Carmen à Leipzig

Jean Landras, 23rd March

À l'Opéra de Leipzig, décors, lumières, costumes et orchestre prodigieux du Gewandhaus ont constitué un superbe écrin, enveloppant solistes et chœurs d'une Carmen très applaudie.

****1

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk at Oper Leipzig

Mark Pullinger, 25th May

Two notable debuts dominate Oper Leipzig's notable Lady Macbeth revival: Kristine Opolais as Katerina and Andris Nelsons in the pit.

****1

Spellbinding Parsifal caps Oper Leipzig's massive Wagner 22 Festival

Ako Imamura, 14th July

Ulf Schirmer bows out as General Music Director as the last of Wagner's 13 operas completes a successful Festival Wagner 22 in Leipzig.

****1

Ein Wiener auf der Wartburg: Andreas Schager als Leipziger Tannhäuser

Michael Vieth, 26th June

Calixto Bieitos eigenwillige Sichtweise rundete sich mit Ulf Schirmers Dirigat zu einem Epos zwischen Melancholie und Apokalypse.

****1

Lohengrin as chamber opera in Patrick Bialdyga's Leipzig production

Ako Imamura, 26th March

A new production of Lohengrin at Oper Leipzig is conceived as an intimate chamber opera and succeeds with brilliant musical performances.

*****

Deutsche Geschichte für Reingefallene: neue Meistersinger in Leipzig

Alexandra Richter, 23rd October

David Pountneys Meistersinger enttäuschen mit einer an Geschichtsverständnis mangelnden und trägen Inszenierung, die aber immerhin stimmliche Glanzmomente liefert.

**111

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Hugo Shirley

Hugo Shirley is a Berlin-based writer and musicologist. He has written widely as a critic in the UK, including for The Spectator, the Financial Times and Daily Telegraph, and has held editorial posts at both Opera and Gramophone. He was editor of 30-Second Opera (Ivy Press, 2015) and has a PhD in musicology from King's College London, where his thesis focused on Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s Die Frau ohne Schatten.

“Nuit resplendissante”: a great night for a Gounod rarity in Leipzig