tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360754612024-03-13T01:21:56.594+01:00Pêcheurs de perlesOpera per tutti
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</p>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.comBlogger544125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-58071808485355636322012-12-23T17:27:00.001+01:002012-12-23T17:30:12.882+01:00Lohengrin, Scala opening night<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<dt class="prog" style="text-align: center;">Claus Guth, staging</dt>
<dt class="prog" style="text-align: center;">Christian Schmidt, sets and costumes</dt>
<dt class="prog" style="text-align: center;">Olaf Winter, lights</dt>
<dt class="prog" style="text-align: center;">Ronny Dietrich, dramaturgy</dt>
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<dt class="prog" style="text-align: center;">Jonas Kaufmann, Lohengrin</dt>
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<dt class="prog" style="text-align: center;">Ann Petersen, Elsa von Brabant</dt>
<dt class="prog" style="text-align: center;">René Pape, Heinrich der Vogler </dt>
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<dt class="prog" style="text-align: center;">Tómas Tómasson, Friedrich von Telramund</dt>
<dt class="prog" style="text-align: center;">Evelyn Herlitzius, Ortrud</dt>
<dt class="prog" style="text-align: center;">Zeljko Lucic, Der Heerrufer des Königs</dt>
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I may not have understood everything in Claus Guth's interpretation of Lohengrin (especially the entrance of Lohengrin and his initial behavior) but overall, as usual, I was transported in his unique world, full of grace, subtility, humor and childhood references.</div>
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The only disruptive image was the half-swan/half-child costume, not quite the same standard, I thought, as everything else. </div>
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<b>Ann Petersen</b>, a last minute replacement for the role of Elsa was phenomenal, both on the acting and singing part: she portrayed uniquely the madness Guth put in Elsa and to be able to apprehend the staging in less than 24 hour was a miracle in itself. </div>
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Her singing, moreover, was a joy to listen to. </div>
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René Pape and Tómas Tómasson both sang admirably; Tómasson's stage presence really sold his character in a level I had rarely seen before (especially for Telramund). </div>
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Evelyn Herlitzius portrayed a demoniac Ortrud but her singing was a bit of a let down. <br />
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And <b>Jonas Kaufmann</b> was, of course, to no surprise, the king of the night.<br />
His singing is exquisite, and the role of Lohengrin is perfect for his voice, because the darkness he has is the first perfect step toward seeing Lohengrin as anything but the white knight on his gigantic swan. <br />
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Several mistakes were heard in the orchestra pit, especially a lack of unisson at times.</div>
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The interpretation of Daniel Barenboim was anything but flamboyant (a quality he deeply lacks, I think), but decent enough not to get in the way of the singers.</div>
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A word on the Scala chorus: I must say it does not live up to the standards the Scala name is synonym with.</div>
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Their diction was quite awful (and if I, whose german is anything but fluent, can hear it, I can only imagine what native german speakers endured there) and there was something missing in their stage presence: discipline is the first word that comes to mind. </div>
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<dt class="prog"> Overall, a very good evening.</dt>
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<dt class="prog" style="text-align: right;"><i><b>Personal ratings</b></i></dt>
<dt class="prog" style="text-align: right;"><i>Singers : A</i></dt>
<dt class="prog" style="text-align: right;"><i>Staging : A</i></dt>
<dt class="prog" style="text-align: right;"><i>Conductor: B</i></dt>
<dt class="prog" style="text-align: right;"><i>Orchestra: B-</i></dt>
<dt class="prog" style="text-align: right;"><i>Chorus : C</i></dt>
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<dt class="prog" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>All photographs <span class="dropcap">F</span>oto Ufficio Stampa</i></span><i> </i></dt>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-18903974403144738392011-07-13T01:45:00.000+02:002011-07-13T01:45:57.082+02:00Cosi fan tutte - Lyon streaming<br><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">On Saturday, July 16, the Opera de Lyon will bring Cosi fan tutte to all Lyonnais (outside screen, place des Terreaux and elsewhere 9pm) and also to all internet fans, wherever they might be (streaming starts at 9:35pm on the Opera de Lyon's <a href="http://www.opera-lyon.com/">website</a>).</div><br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-35140095798236746812011-05-21T20:05:00.000+02:002011-05-21T20:05:30.371+02:00Ah! Lève toi Soleil!<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Librabry of Congress has put online some Victor recordings from the early XXth century in a section called <a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/">National Jukebox</a>. <a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/search/results?fq=take_genre_id%3A2">The Opera section</a> contains, to date, more than 1000 extracts.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is indeed a good way to re-discover famous operas and famous names from the past, long since forgotten. In the French section, this includes extracts from<br />
<ul><li>Victor Massé, <i>Paul et Virginie,</i> "<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/2083">Air du tigre</a>" </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">Ferdinand Hérold, <i>Le pré-aux-clercs</i>, "<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/5330">Souvenirs du jeune âge</a>" </li>
<li>Ambroise Thomas, <i>Le caïd</i>, "<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/338">Air du tambour major</a>"</li>
<li>Félicien David, <i>La Perle du Brésil</i>, "<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/4646">Charmant oiseau</a>" </li>
<li>Benjamin Godard (the composer who reorchestrated Bizet's <i>Les Pêcheurs de Perles</i>, see <a href="http://lespecheursdeperles.blogspot.com/2006/11/les-pcheurs-de-perles-iii-les.html">there</a>), <i>La vivandière</i>, "<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/5469">Viens avec nous petit</a>" (the melody reminds me of the French national anthem) </li>
<li>Meyerbeer, <i>Robert le Diable </i>("<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/2559">Du rendez-vous</a>") and <i>Le Prophète</i> ("<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/267">O toi qui m’abandonnes</a>")</li>
<li>Lecocq's operette <i>La fille de Madame Angot</i>, "<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/1954">Voyons, Monsieur, raisonnons politique"</a></li>
<li>Massenet, <i>Cléopâtre</i> ("<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/4752">Air de la lettre</a>") and Griselidis ("<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/6611">Ouvrez-vous sur mon front, portes du paradis!</a>")</li>
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other Gounod's extracts:</div><ul><li>"<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/1855">Oh nuit d'amour ciel radieux</a>" duet with Geraldine Farrar and Enrico Caruso, from <i>Faust</i></li>
<li> "<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/1665">O ma lyre immortelle</a>", Jeanne Gerville, <i>Sapho</i></li>
<li>"<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/1872">Au bruit des lourds marteaux d'airain</a>", Marcel Journet, <i>Philémon et Baucis</i> (the tempo is not as good as the recording I own and doesn't really give justice to this beautiful aria - Philémon et Baucis is, to my opinion, a brilliant score ruined by an atrocious libretto, which explains why the opera was alas forgotten)</li>
<li>"<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/268">Faites lui mes aveux</a>" (air de Siebel), Louise Homer, <i>Faust</i></li>
<li>"<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/2909">Ah! Lève-toi soleil</a>", Charles Dalmorès, <i>Roméo et Juliette</i></li>
<li>"<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/9255">Ah! Ne fuis pas encore!</a>", Beniamino Gigli and Lucrezia Bori, Roméo et Juliette</li>
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Extracts from Bizet's <i>Les Pêcheurs de Perles</i>:<br />
<ul><li> "<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/5323">Je crois entendre encore</a>", Enrico Caruso</li>
<li>"<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/2561">Au fond du temple saint</a>", Marcel Journet and Edmond Clément</li>
<li>"<a href="http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/5324">De mon amie</a>", Enrico Caruso</li>
</ul><ul></ul>And I haven't even started the italian section...<br />
<br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-53476018209390683412011-04-05T14:36:00.000+02:002011-04-05T14:36:45.285+02:00[Les Pêcheurs de Perles] 2011-12 performances<ul><li><a href="http://www.opera-comique.com/fr/les-pecheurs-de-perles/les-pecheurs-de-perles.html">Opéra Comique</a>, Paris, June 18-28 2012</li>
</ul><span class="color_auto" style="color: #74acb9;">Leïla, </span><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Sonya Yoncheva</strong><br />
<span class="color_auto" style="color: #74acb9;">Nadir, </span><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Dmitry Korchak</strong><br />
<span class="color_auto" style="color: #74acb9;">Zurga, </span><strong style="font-weight: normal;">André Heyboer</strong><br />
<span class="color_auto" style="color: #74acb9;">Nourabad, </span><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Nicolas Testé</strong> <br />
<span class="color_auto" style="color: #74acb9;">Direction musicale, </span><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Leo Hussain</strong><br />
<span class="color_auto" style="color: #74acb9;">Mise en scène, </span><strong style="font-weight: normal;">Yoshi Oïda</strong><br />
<i><strong style="font-weight: normal;">accentus<br />
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France</strong></i><strong style="font-weight: normal;"> </strong><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-38502134179437779542011-01-25T16:38:00.007+01:002011-01-27T11:01:26.579+01:00Werther, Villazon directing<br><br />
<i>Werther</i><br />
Jules Massenet<br />
Drame lyrique en quatre actes<br />
Livret de Edouard Blau, Paul Millet et Georges Hartmann, d'après <i>Les Souffrances du jeune Werther</i> (Goethe)<br />
1892<br />
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Opéra de Lyon<br />
Jan. 24, 2011 - <i>premiere</i><br />
Last performance of this run: Feb. 7<br />
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When you have been especially careless with your voice, the time comes rather quickly when you have to find a new way of earning money, and hope to find a new career besides singing - directing, in the case of Rolando Villazon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Well, I don't think he's yet ready, and if he'll ever be ready for that new job of directing an opera.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
Having sung the role of Werther many times clearly didn't provide him with any kind of a deeper insight of the opera, as he tried - and failed - to give it a Regietheater twist that only resulted in a disaster.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">All the components of the Regitheater are present, from the white and almost empty stage, the bright, colorful and ugly costumes, to some "grand" ideas that completely disrupt the dramatic moments of the opera and to some frankly very naive views on the whole story.<br />
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First of all, I think the way to core concept of Villazon is very wrong.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Werther is not one of those operas you can twist into a circus-like idea, or if you can, you completely loose all it's interest; maybe the idea of all the characters living in a world of fate and thus being clowns of their own lives could have had a chance, if Villazon could have been constrained to be less explicit and more subtile.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Subtility, here's what's clearly missing from this.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For instance, the first time Werther enters the stage, it's not enough that this child double is dressed in the same horrific color as he is (chick yellow), Villazon trusts himself (or the audience) so much that, just to make sure everyone gets it, they have the exact same gesture. Really useful? I sure don't think so, but I'm also sure this example is pretty much the quintessential way to describe this production.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It all seems terribly immature, almost childish, and this is clearly not the way to emphasize the dramatic quest of Werther.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Yet another example at the end of Act II, moments after Werther bids farewell to Charlotte in a very dramatic way (basically telling her he's going to kill himself): a giant pillow fight on stage orchestrated by the clowns and the children.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Again, was that really useful?<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As far as the conducting by Leopold Hager was concerned, nothing extraordinary there, but rather a blend and forgettable reading of the score.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The singer clearly on top of the cast is <b>Karine Deshayes</b> (Charlotte) whose interpretation was indeed very convincing and quite well-sung.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Arturo Chacon-Cruz </b>(Werther) struggled with his high notes (or rather has to learn how to sing a high note without yelling) and seemed like a clone of Villazon on stage: too much movements for such little effects... his stage presence, in other words, was all but sincere and credible.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Lionel Lhote</b> (Albert) and <b>Alain Vernhes</b> (le Balli) both had a good performance, as well as <b>Anne-Catherine Gillet </b>(Sophie).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Video extract <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMBbhmYi0EE">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><br />
Links to the Opéra de Lyon website:</i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="http://www.opera-lyon.com/spectacles/opera/fiche-opera/fichespectacle/werther/">presentation</a> of the production</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="http://www.opera-lyon.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/operas_1011/Werther/Texte_Werther.pdf">programme</a> (incl. libretto)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- <a href="http://www.opera-lyon.com/fileadmin/user_upload/Documents/operas_1011/Werther/DP_Werther.pdf">dossier de presse</a></div><br />
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<i>Press reviews:</i><br />
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- "Un Werther "clownesque" à Lyon pour la première mise en scène de Rolando Villazon", <a href="http://www.lepoint.fr/culture/un-werther-clownesque-a-lyon-pour-la-premiere-mise-en-scene-de-villazon-25-01-2011-131528_3.php">AFP</a><br />
- "Werther à l'Opéra de Lyon - rencontre avec Rolando Villazon", <a href="http://www.progresplus.com/fr/sports/article/4507659/Villazon-de-tout-corazon.html">Le Progrès</a><br />
- "Pas tout à fait la Bohème", <a href="http://www.progresplus.com/fr/sports/article/4519163/Pas-tout-a-fait-la-boheme.html">Le Progrès</a>, Antonio Mafra<br />
- "Werther, Opera de Lyon, review", <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/8280979/Werther-Opera-de-Lyon-review.html">The Telegraph</a>, Rupert Christiansen<br />
- "Des danseuses et des clowns", <a href="http://www.lalibre.be/culture/global/article/638674/des-danseuses-et-des-clowns.html">La Libre Belgique</a>, Nicolas Blanmont<br />
<br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-89845242345809806602011-01-03T17:48:00.000+01:002011-01-03T17:48:03.079+01:00Ernest Blanc is dead<br><br />
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Just a few days before Christmas, on Dec. 22, the great French baritone Ernest Blanc died at the age of 87.<br />
He was, as stated <a href="http://lespecheursdeperles.blogspot.com/2007/03/ears-openers-ii-ernest-blanc.html">here</a>, probably the baritone I loved most.<br />
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Reviews in French:<br />
- "<a href="http://www.sudouest.fr/2010/12/29/ernest-blanc-s-est-tu-pour-toujours-277903-4608.php">Ernest Blanc s'est tu pour toujours</a>", Sud-Ouest<br />
- "<a href="http://www.qobuz.com/info/MAGAZINE-ACTUALITES/CHERS-DISPARUS/Ernest-Blanc-est-mort52045">Ernest Blanc est mort</a>", Qobuz<br />
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<br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-27179587635143496292010-11-28T12:10:00.003+01:002010-11-28T12:13:36.073+01:00Evelino Pido: Otello / La Sonnambula - 2010<br><br />
<div style="color: #8e7cc3; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Otello ossia Il Moro di Venezia</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Giaocchino Rossini</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">John Osborn : Otello</div><div style="text-align: center;">Anna Caterina Antonacci : Desdémone</div><div style="text-align: center;">Marco Vinco : Elmiro</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dmitry Korchak : Rodrigo</div><div style="text-align: center;">José Manuel Zapata : Iago</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Nov.7, 2010 - <a href="http://www.opera-lyon.com/spectacles/opera/fiche-opera/fichespectacle/otello-ou-le-maure-de-venise/">Concert version</a></div><div style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="color: #8e7cc3; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>La Sonnambula</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Vincenzo Bellini</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Michele Pertusi - Il Conte Rodolfo</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cornelia Oncioiu - Teresa</div><div style="text-align: center;">Natalie Dessay - Amina</div><div style="text-align: center;">Javier Camarena - Elvino</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Orchestre et choeur de l'Opéra national de Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;">Evelino Pidò, conductor</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Opéra National de Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;">Feb.15, 2010 - Mezzo broadcast</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">With time, it seems Evelino Pidò is loosing the only thing that once drove me to him in the bel canto repertory: legato. In both productions, both the casts, the orchestras and the chorus were instructed to forget about legato, and sadly but unsurprisingly, this kind of conduction does not serve well this kind of music.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So in my opinion, Pidò is the responsible for the failure of both interpretations.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">A few words about Javier Camarena: weak voice, unable to manage the coloratura, childish and over the top stage presence.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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As for the production of <i>Otello</i>, it was a cruel reminder of the paramount role of a conductor in the success or failure of any interpretation; the decent cast and the good job of the orchestra could not save the day and I was left with a bitter sense of disappointment over Pidò's conduction. Less jumping around and more focus on the inner rhythm of the music sure would have been a better way to handle Rossini's piece.<br />
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</div><br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-68653268216284647162010-10-12T17:09:00.001+02:002010-10-13T08:13:39.414+02:00Muti out of Chicago<br><br />
<a href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-10-03/entertainment/ct-live-1004-muti-mutter-review-20101003_1_riccardo-muti-cso-association-free-concert"><i>Illness forces Muti out of fall CSO concerts</i></a><br />
Chicago Tribune<i>, </i>Oct.3<i></i><br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/arts/music/04arts-ILLNESSSLOWS_BRF.html?_r=1&ref=riccardo_muti"><i>Illness Slows New Leader of Chicago Symphony</i></a><br />
NY Times, Oct. 3<br />
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<a href="http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2010/10/05/riccardo-muti-malade-est-contraint-d-annuler-ses-concerts_1420675_3246.html"><i>Riccardo Muti, malade, est contraint d'annuler ses concerts </i></a><br />
Le Monde, Oct. 5<br />
<br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-83537639140214022112010-09-30T11:48:00.002+02:002010-09-30T19:58:13.930+02:00Récital Joyce DiDonato<br><br />
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Bis: "Parto, parto", <i>La Clemenza di Tito</i>, Mozart<br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Joyce DiDonato ended her 10-day recording session with the Orchestra of the Opéra de Lyon by providing us Lyonnais with a glimpse of this new album, whose highlight was, for me, her exquisite rendering of Gluck's da capo aria from <i>La Clemenza di Tito</i>, "Se mai senti sporarti sul volto". She was here able to fully express the desperation of Sesto on his way to death. The aria in itself is beautifully written to start with (the oboe is literally to die for), but her interpretation was really mesmorizing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course she excelled with her collatura in pieces such as "Non più mesta" from<i> La Cenerentola</i>, or "Amour, viens rendre à mon âme" from <i>Orphée et Eurydice</i> (adapted by Berlioz) - she can, indeed, "braver le trépas" with strength and determination.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was no surprise either that she ignited the audience with her wonderful spirit, and her obvious love and devotion to the music. She took a few minutes before the last aria to share with us the impressions she had of her stay - and it seems she has discover the hidden treasure of Lyon - its food. She praised Maestro Ono for his musicality and attention to details, and I quite agree with her.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The orchestra sounded quite improved and much more focused than before Ono arrived two years ago. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sure there were some slight issues (the cellos and double bass were sometimes a bit off), but the musicality of the orchestra has grown tremendously, and they were able to convey nuances and a vitality that were indeed refreshing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Poulenc's Sinfonietta was vibrant and exciting under the baton of Ono, but the overture of Gluck's<i> Iphigénie en Tauride </i>was for me, the highlight of the orchestra. It started a bit heavy with the strings, but after the first few bars, the music really came to life and illuminated the whole opera house.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Overall a wonderful evening.</div><br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-4354889225265230982010-08-02T18:44:00.000+02:002010-08-02T18:44:53.396+02:00L'étranger, D'Indy<br><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>L'étranger</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Action musicale in two acts (1898-1901), Op. 53</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_d%27Indy">Vincent d'Indy</a>, see also <a href="http://www.musimem.com/indy.htm">here</a> for a very detailed biography in French</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Texte de Vincent d'Indy, d'après <i>Brant</i> d'Henrik Ibsen</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Création: Bruxelles, Théâtre de la Monnaie, 7 Janvier 1903</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">France Musique live broadcast</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Montpellier, July 26, 2010</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://www.festivalradiofrancemontpellier.com/2010/les-soirees/l-etranger-dindy-26-juillet">Synopsis & analysis</a>, by Michel Fleury :<br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">" Despite his goodness, the Stranger, who has settled in a fishing village, keeps out of the way of the inhabitants who fear him. A Christian hero fulfilling a divine mission of charity on earth, he must leave in order not to give in to human love shared with Vita, the fiancée of a dry, hard-hearted customs officer. During a tempest, the Stranger is the only one to go to the rescue of a sinking boat. Vita jumps into the dinghy to accompany him, and both perish in the fury of the waves.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This controversial libretto, sacrificing action to the symbol, has weighed heavily on the destiny of the work. Its religious resonance (is divine love compatible with human love?) is accentuated by the recourse to Gregorian themes. On the other hand, the richness and beauty of the music explain Debussy’s enthusiasm and admiration: clarified and totally transfigured, the Wagnerian heritage is resolved in a miraculous balance between vocal line and orchestra, harmonic colour and polyphony, realism and Impressionism, Germanic complexity and Mediterranean clarity. At a time of re-evaluating one of our finest musicians, the rediscovery of this great and beautiful work imposed itself. "</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite the comments above, the score is rather uninteresting, especially if one knows and appreciates Puccini. The Germanic influence is also quite clear, but I reckon Edouard Lalo with <i>Le roi d'Ys</i> and Ernest Reyer with <i>Sigurd</i> have done a much better job of integrating it with the French knowledge of melodies and the Italian sense of passion.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Overall a forgettable score - but I could never have had this opinion if the Montpellier's festival hadn't had the great idea to exhume this work.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-35654230157633860082010-07-28T16:51:00.000+02:002010-07-28T16:51:47.704+02:00Thielemann's view on Schubert's 9th<br><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">Franz Schubert</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Symphony No. 9 in C major D944</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Munchner Philharmoniker</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Conductor: Christian Thielemann</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Live Recording (Bayern 4)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Philharmonie am Gasteig, München</div><div style="text-align: justify;">January 2006<br />
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I did not enjoy Thielemann's view, which I find heavy, solemn and military at times.<br />
Schubert's madness is buried under a Spartan tempo, rigorous and inexpressive, and all the lightness the score often contains is hidden behind a lifeless and constrained performance that does not represent, for me, Schubert's music.<br />
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-10444649121913517162010-04-10T21:29:00.001+02:002010-04-10T21:29:54.216+02:00Luthier lyonnais<br><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.charlemagne-luthier.com/">Christian Charlemagne</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Luthier</div><div style="text-align: center;">4 rue Terraille, Lyon</div><br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-40473525830630141692010-03-18T09:29:00.000+01:002010-03-18T09:29:25.123+01:00Get a virtual ticket & watch Rigoletto<br><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">The Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Belgium will stream <i>Rigoletto</i> live on its website <a href="http://www.operalive.org/en/">Opera Live</a> on March 23, 2010 (8 pm Paris time).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">You'll need to <a href="http://www.operalive.org/en/get-a-ticket/">buy a virtual ticket</a> to watch the program (that comes an information package about the singers and the production); 4€ for a Standard Quality video, 6€ for a video in High Quality.</div><br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-9046172113356932292010-03-16T10:46:00.000+01:002010-03-16T10:46:10.466+01:00Anticipa l'emozione<br><br />
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<i>From <a href="http://maggiofiorentino.blogspot.com/2010/03/mi-sento-maggio.html">Maggioblog</a>.</i><br />
<br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-17216317982876938072010-03-12T20:51:00.001+01:002010-03-12T20:51:00.416+01:00Opéra Le Peletier<br><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">1873, just before the fire destroyed the place</div><div style="text-align: center;">(hence the building of the Garnier Opera)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-79603367195201994312010-03-11T00:37:00.002+01:002010-03-11T00:40:12.570+01:00Sneak peak: Lyon 2010-11 season [Villazon to direct Werther]<br><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even if the new season hasn't been revealed yet, the big news is already <a href="http://www.lyonpremiere.info/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4067:premiere-mise-en-scene-a-lyon-pour-le-tenor-rolando-villazon&catid=7:lactualite&Itemid=15">buzzing</a> <a href="http://www.leprogres.fr/fr/article/2781177,194/Les-classiques-a-l-affiche.html">through town</a>: <b>Rolando Villazon will direct his first opera in Jan/Feb 2011 in Lyon, <i>Werther</i></b> (with Karine Deshayes).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I wonder if, having sung the role so many times, he thinks he can bring a vision to Massenet's piece. I doubt it, but of course, I wouldn't want to miss it either...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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<ul><li><i>Tristan und Isolde</i> conducted by Kirill Petrenko, with Gary Lehman</li>
<li>Verdi's <i>Luisa Miller</i> directed by David Alden, conducted by Kazushi Ono, with Ermonela Jaho</li>
<li>Poulenc's <i>Les Mamelles de Tiresias</i>, played with Darius Milhaud's <i>Boeuf sur le toit</i> (both rarities) conducted by Lyon-born Ludovic Morlot (premiere in Lyon)</li>
<li>Stravinsky's <i>Le Rossignol</i> conducted by Kazushi Ono</li>
<li>Mozart/Da Ponte trilogy in March, shown separately over the past few years, conducted by Stefano Montanari</li>
<li>Rossini's <i>Otello</i> conducted by Evelino Pido <span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>[1]</b></span></li>
<li>Rachmaninov's <i>Aleko</i> and <i>Monna Vanna</i></li>
<li>a Joyce DiDonato recital </li>
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This 2010-11 season looks nothing like the current one, <i><b>thank God</b></i>.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>[1]</b></span> A new concert-versions cycle is announced for the next few years with Pido: after Donizetti's queens-cycle, this one should be all about Bellini.</div><br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-14291063019967848502010-03-05T09:49:00.000+01:002010-03-05T09:49:22.205+01:00Garnier makeover<br><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Rénovation extérieure du palais Garnier</div><div style="text-align: center;">Paris</div><div style="text-align: center;">Feb.20, 2010</div><br />
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<i>More pictures <a href="http://defouloirbipolaire.blogspot.com/2010/03/garnier-makeover.html">here</a>.</i><br />
<br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-8141509588161637672010-03-02T20:33:00.000+01:002010-03-02T20:33:15.276+01:00[Bud Commercial]<br><br />
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<br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-74427816891040934002010-02-14T01:00:00.000+01:002010-02-14T01:00:05.330+01:00An die Musik<br><br />
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Franz Schubert<br />
<i>An die Musik</i>, D537<br />
<br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-71081333041101377312010-02-13T12:05:00.000+01:002010-02-13T12:05:17.768+01:00Dessay's Sonnambula on Medici.tv<br><br />
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Bellini's <i>La Sonnambula</i> will be broadcast live from the <a href="http://www.operadeparis.fr/cns11/live/onp/Saison_2009_2010/operas/spectacle.php?lang=fr&selected_season=354663924&event_id=415&CNSACTION=SELECT_EVENT">Palais Garnier</a> monday evening on <a href="http://www.medici.tv/#/a/520/la-somnambule-br-opera-national-de-paris/525/br-l-opera/">Medici.tv</a>.</div><br />
Broadcast Monday Feb.15 starting at 7:30pm (Paris time).<br />
<br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-86200319426200805012010-02-03T23:40:00.000+01:002010-02-03T23:40:56.296+01:00When Gounod meets Corneille<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/PWN67UBZIwI&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/PWN67UBZIwI&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />
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" Source délicieuse "<br />
<i>Polyeucte</i><br />
Charles Gounod<br />
<br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-88203009524802077272010-01-25T08:31:00.002+01:002010-01-25T08:33:21.173+01:00Kaufmann's Werther broadcast<br><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Massenet's <i>Werther</i> will be broadcast live tomorrow on Arte, but also on the web via <a href="http://liveweb.arte.tv/fr/cat/Classique/">Arte Live Web</a>, the <a href="http://www.operadeparis.fr/cns11/live/onp/Saison_2009_2010/operas/spectacle.php?&lang=fr&event_id=413&CNSACTION=SELECT_EVENT">Paris Opera Website</a> or <a href="http://www.medici.tv/#/performance/690/">Medici.tv</a> (countries restrictions on the latter, but the broadcast will be available for all on Feb.3rd).<br />
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Broadcast Tuesday Jan.26 starting at 8:30pm (Paris time).<br />
<br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-80416802519903061682010-01-15T07:40:00.000+01:002010-01-15T07:40:02.658+01:00Live from Liège<br><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">The Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Belgium will stream Bellini's <i><a href="http://www.operaliege.be/spectacles/75.html">I Capuleti e i Montecchi</a></i> live on its website <a href="http://www.operalive.org/en/">Opera Live</a> on Feb.2, 2010 (8 pm Paris time).<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The cast includes Patrizia Ciofi as Giulietta and Laura Polverelli as Romeo. <br />
</div><br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-77419866605602167532009-12-21T14:44:00.000+01:002009-12-21T14:44:28.795+01:00The Opéra de Lyon on Arte Live Web<br><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo Opéra de Lyon </span></i><br />
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<a href="http://liveweb.arte.tv/fr/video/Moscou__quartier_des_Cerises_de_Chostakovitch_a_l_opera_de_Lyon/">Arte Live Web</a> will broadcast the performance of Chostakovitch's <i>Cheryomushki</i> on Dec.29 (from 8 pm) from the <a href="http://www.opera-lyon.com/Fiche-Peristyle.775+M540fa674c96.0.html">Opéra de Lyon</a>.<br />
<br><div class="blogger-post-footer">Pêcheurs de perles, opera per tutti.</div>Extatichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12906819247524941384noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36075461.post-22626365648629579622009-12-19T18:29:00.003+01:002010-07-28T16:52:15.675+02:00Great: Schubert's 9th by Muti<br><br />
Riccardo Muti<br />
Berliner Philarmoniker<br />
Teatro S.Carlo di Napoli<br />
Mezzo broadcast, May 1st, 2009<br />
"Concert Europa 2009"<br />
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Schubert<br />
Symphony #9 in C Major, "The Great", D944<br />
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Mesmerizing.<br />
Hypnotizing.<br />
Fascinating.<br />
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Perfect Muti, in a nutshell.<br />
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