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Lessons in grief: Benjamin and Crimp’s Picture a day like this triumphs in Aix

Marianne Crebassa (The Woman)
© Jean-Louis Fernandez
Beate Mordal and Cameron Shahbazi (Lovers)
© Jean-Louis Fernandez
Marianne Crebassa (The Woman) and John Brancy (Artisan)
© Jean-Louis Fernandez
Beate Mordal (Composer)
© Jean-Louis Fernandez
John Brancy (Collector) and Marianne Crebassa (The Woman)
© Jean-Louis Fernandez
Anna Prohaska (Zabelle) and Marianne Crebassa (The Woman)
© Jean-Louis Fernandez
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“the result is an intravenous injection of the emotions portrayed”
Reviewed at Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, Aix-en-Provence on 5 July 2023
Benjamin, Picture a day like this
Sir George Benjamin, Conductor
Daniel Jeanneteau, Director, Set Designer, Lighting Designer
Marie La Rocca, Costume Designer
Marie-Christine Soma, Lighting Designer, Director, Set Designer
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Hicham Berrada, Video
Beate Mordal, Lover 1/Composer
Anna Prohaska, Zabelle
Marianne Crebassa, Woman
John Brancy, Artisan/Collector
Cameron Shahbazi, Lover 2/Composer's Assistant
Intriguing, mysterious, intense: Picture a day like this at the ROH
****1
Crebassa bouleverse l'Opéra-Comique dans Picture a day like this
*****
Ópera de Tenerife reivindica la figura de Zemlinsky
****1
À l'Opéra de Lille, Pelléas et Mélisande n'ont pas peur du vide
****1
Chasing the American Dream: UK premiere for Missy Mazzoli’s Proving Up
****1
Longborough Festival Opera season starts slow with Orlando
***11
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