Et lux perpetua luceat eis...: Berlioz' Requiem im Wiener Musikverein

By Simon Haasis, 27 May 2016

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Reviewed at Musikverein: Großer Saal, Vienna on 23 May 2016

Berlioz, Requiem "Grande Messe des morts", Op.5

Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien

Johannes Prinz, Choirmaster / chorus director

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

Tugan Sokhiev, Conductor

Saimir Pirgu, Tenor

Caesar’s Gallic Wars at home: Norma in Toulouse

David Karlin, 26th March

Although Karine Deshayes role change from Adalgisa to Norma is a work in progress, Luciano Ganci and Roberto Scandiuzzi shine in a staging charged with mythic symbolism.

****1

Prokofiev’s colourful scores well served by Karabits in Toulouse

David Truslove, 13th March

Two popular Prokofiev works were given vivid accounts by the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse at the opening concert of the Franco-russes Festival.

****1

A flat finish for Prague Spring

Frank Kuznik, 4th June

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse lets the air out of a promising program and a Czech classic.

**111

Return to the harem: Ravel's Shéhérazade in Paris

Mark Pullinger, 20th May

With barely time for coffee and baklava after the Orchestre Pasdeloup's Arabian matinee, I stepped boldly back into the harem for a rendezvous with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse.

*****

Boris Godunov at Salle Pleyel

Constance Clara Guibert, 5th February

Mussorgsky’s rich, complex music and Boris Godunov’s tragic story is told with very original vision in Tugan Sokhiev’s concert version. The Salle Pleyel made no mistake about it: this Boris will stay in our memories for a while.

*****

Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse in Cardiff

Verity Quaite, 29th March

St David’s Hall’s International Concert Series continued tonight, transporting the audience on a journey around Europe. This was the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse’s debut performance in Cardiff, and their first tour of the UK.

***11

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Simon Haasis

Simon Haasis ist Musik- und Kulturwissenschaftler, der in Wien lebt und arbeitet. Auf der Zielgerade zu seiner Dissertation befindlich, macht er das Wiener Konzert- und Opernleben unsicher, indem er stets auf der Suche nach ausgewählten Raritäten von der Renaissancemusik bis zur neuesten Avantgarde ist. Besonders angetan hat es ihm das Musiktheater in seinen vielfältigen Ausdrucksformen. Neben publizistischer und vortragender Tätigkeit lehrt er derzeit an der Universität Wien zur französischen Operngeschichte.