Bright, bold, barking: Les Mamelles de Tirésias at Glyndebourne

Les Mamelles de Tirésias

Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Elle)

40,049 babies

Régis Mengus (Husband), Elsa Benoit (Thérèse)

François Piolino (Monsieur Lacouf), Christophe Gay (Monsieur Presto)

Par David Karlin, 07 août 2022

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“Pelly’s staging and Caroline Ginet’s set designs are packed with surprises”

Critique faite à Glyndebourne Opera House, Glyndebourne, le 6 août 2022

Poulenc, La Voix humaine

Poulenc, Les Mamelles de Tirésias

Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Robin Ticciati, Direction

Laurent Pelly, Mise en scène, Costumes

Caroline Ginet, Décors

Urs Schönebaum, Lumières

London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Glyndebourne Chorus

Jean-Jacques Delmotte, Costumes

Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Elle

Elsa Benoit, Thérèse

Régis Mengus, Le mari de Thérèse

Gyula Orendt, Le Directeur de théâtre, Le Gendarme

François Piolino, Monsieur Lacouf

Christophe Gay, Monsieur Presto

Loïc Félix, Le Journaliste parisien

Julie Pasturaud, La Marchande de journaux

James Way, Le Fils

Amy Holyland, Une grosse dame

Rhiain Taylor, Une dame élégante

Michael Ronan, Un monsieur barbu

Glyndebourne revives Michieletto’s Kátya Kabanová

Mark Valencia, 3rd August

Damiano Michieletto’s production of Janáček’s opera breaks a key tenet of high-concept opera: where it should reveal, it obfuscates.

***11

All the world’s a jest: Falstaff returns to Glyndebourne

Mark Pullinger, 23rd July

Richard Jones' 2009 production returns to Glyndebourne after a long absence, but the 1940s comedy scrubs up fresh.

***11

A strong new Figaro opens at Glyndebourne

Dominic Lowe, 29th June

Mariame Clément is a popular director at Glyndebourne, and her new production of Figaro shows her trademark approach to hardhitting comedy.

****1

Glyndebourne's Saul still packs a punch 10 years on

Nick Boston, 8th June

Returning from the original run, Christopher Purves and Iestyn Davies were joined by a strong cast and chorus for a revival of Barrie Kosky's striking production.

*****

Unhurried suspense in a very English Parsifal

Peter Quantrill, 17th May

Compelling singers carry the day in the Glyndebourne Festival Opera's first staging of Wagner’s swansong.

****1

Glyndebourne’s season opens with Rossini’s Barber of Seville

David Karlin, 16th May

Annabel Arden’s production provides joyous comedy, with vocal and orchestral performances of the very finest.

*****

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Bright, bold and barking mad: Les Mamelles de Tirésias brings the house down in Glyndebourne's Poulenc double bill