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ParisHippolyte et AricieNew production
Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Raphaël Pichon; Jeanne Candel; Opéra Comique; Lisa Navarro; Pauline Kieffer; Reinoud Van Mechelen; Elsa Benoit
ParisMein Traum: Pygmalion
Schubert, Schumann, Weber
Raphaël Pichon; Stéphane Degout; Judith Fa; Choeur de Pygmalion; Ensemble Pygmalion
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The Canadian director's aesthetic is a perfect fit for Gluck's work. Dazzling performances by Gaëlle Arquez and Stéphane Degout. Great musical direction by Thomas Hengelbrock.
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Tcherniakov reduces Berlioz' epic to little more than Circle Time therapy, a poor way to mark the composer's anniversary year.