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TokyoIl Turco in ItaliaNew production
Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Alessandro Bonato; Laurent Pelly; New National Theatre; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
GenevaLe Voyage à Reims (Il viaggio a Reims)New production
Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
Jader Bignamini; Laurent Pelly; Grand Théâtre de Genève; Massimo Troncanetti; Marco Giusti; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
ParisL'Élixir d'amour
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Evelino Pidò; Laurent Pelly; Opéra national de Paris; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
GenevaSmile !
Blitzstein, Various, Poulenc, Baker, Satie, Sondheim, Chaminade, Weill, Chaplin, Monnot, Barbara, Kern
Laurent Pelly; Marco Giusti; Sabine Devieilhe; Pauline Buet
GlyndebourneAriadne auf NaxosNew production
Strauss R.: Ariadne auf Naxos
Robin Ticciati; Laurent Pelly; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Massimo Troncanetti; Marco Giusti; London Philharmonic Orchestra
LyonL'Amour des trois orangesNew production
Prokofiev: L’amour des trois oranges (The Love for Three Oranges)
Dmitry Matvienko; Laurent Pelly; Opéra de Lyon; Caroline Ginet; Michel Le Borgne; Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon
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Passion without the fireworks: Ariadne auf Naxos at Glyndebourne
Pelly’s low-level intervention leaves the audience marooned at the end of his new production of Strauss and Hofmannsthal’s operatic divertissement.
Royal Opera revival of La Fille du régiment delights with fresh fizz
Sara Blanch's Covent Garden debut, together with Juan Diego Flórez on top form, lead a fizzing revival of La fille du régiment from Royal Opera.
Laurent Pelly’s Falstaff passes the Naples test with flying colours
The French director’s much-travelled production arrives at the Teatro di San Carlo, displaying a precise balance between word, gesture and voice.
Pelly’s iconic Fille du régiment retains its charm at La Scala
Julie Fuchs and Juan Diego Flórez give life to the refreshing and funny take of Laurent Pelly’s classic production, under the baton of Evelino Pidò.
A forgotten meta-opera at La Scala: Gassmann’s L’opera seria
Christophe Rousset leads a great cast and an even greater orchestra in Gassmann’s 1769 rarity in Laurent Pelly’s visually striking, but oddly subdued, take on a comedy that thrives on chaos.
Massenet’s Cendrillon goes to the ball at Opera Australia
This abridged version of Massenet's Cendrillon was clearly chosen for a wide Sydney audience, succeeding as a popular offering in the Australian summer holiday season.
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ParisLa Fille du régiment
Donizetti: La Fille du régiment
Evelino Pidò; Laurent Pelly; Opéra national de Paris; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Orchestre de l'Opéra national de Paris
ParisPlatée
Rameau: Platée
Marc Minkowski; Laurent Pelly; Opéra national de Paris; Chantal Thomas; Joël Adam; Les Musiciens du Louvre
MadridThe Bartered BrideNew production
Smetana: The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta)
Gustavo Gimeno; Laurent Pelly; Teatro Real; Caroline Ginet; Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real; Coro Titular del Teatro Real
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Serious about comedy, obsessed by music: Laurent Pelly
Ahead of his new production of Rossini's Il turco in Italia in Madrid, the prolific opera director talks about how he approaches a production – “it always starts with the music” – and about how he creates comedy.